MACHU PICCHU (Part 2)

It was so cool to see the place, it was absolutely breathtaking: even more than the poster pictures.  Also with the tour guide we learned so much Incan history and so much about the different buildings and temples of Machu Picchu that in its height in the 1500s was a sacred city for only 700 people.  Although I knew all about the Spanish colonization of Peru, there was something about being in the place where incan people used to live and roam that got me upset to hear about how so much of the Inca culture, artwork, and people were lost when the conquistadors came and salvaged their empire.