Peru is an adventure, and remains simple - state of emergency on Machu Picchu!
Friday, 29. January 2010 7:05
While here, we planned our trip to Machu Picchu, in constant contact with our on-site "correspondents" Nicole and Phil (This way to her blog), came more and more doubts whether Machu Picchu at this time (Rainy) was a good idea.
And ZACK, already a day later, reports the Mirror online: Tausende Urlauber sitzen am Machu Picchu fest "The heaviest rains since 15 Years have taken care of flooding in southern Peru. Thousands of tourists are trapped near the Inca city of Machu Picchu, Rescue helicopters are in operation - The government declared a state of emergency for the region. "
And tags on it: Tourists have to sleep in railway cars „Stromausfälle, defective ATM, Nights in railway cars: After the severe floods Peru must persevere tourists in Aguas Calientes continue under difficult conditions. German also stuck close to Machu Picchu. "
Accommodation Do not know why the mirror "in a station wagon" now holds a particularly big challenge, The value is a headline. The only reasonable explanation: relativize. Our German press, unfortunately, brings about Peru (and so many other countries around the world) always only emotionally exaggerated crisis, Disasters and war reports from x-ter hand out. What we see here in the media and hear from people but also very painful, have lost, especially for the locals to their homes and all belongings, but far less disastrous than it is read in the Mirror. Above all and before all the tourists here are "saved" has been, about what might have lived out of two classes open to people classifying a sequel. Various relief efforts have been initiated, nobody has to starve or die of thirst, certainly not tourists. Roads, Tracks and bridges are impassable or washed away, But the airlift has. If the weather is very stormy, All will be well. I think for most tourists, the date is simply a great adventure that will mess up the holiday planning properly and also provided more insight into the standards komfortlosen backpacker holiday. It could be really dangerous for the people, despite the dangerous weather conditions have broken a few days ago, to the famous Inca Trail to hike. Two are tragically killed in a landslide killed. It is believed, Despite the official closure, Further on the trail. From them we know so far, unfortunately, nothing more.
Well, what does that mean for us? Actually, only, that we have moved backwards Machu Picchu. Since the reconstruction of the badly damaged infrastructure will probably take a long time, We will in the next ten days before stopping in Resreva Nacional de Paracas, den Islas Ballestas, the plains of Nazca, the beautiful city Areqipa, The Colca Canyon, and of course at the Titicaca lake lodge. Since it is unlikely until then, We already reach the region in the State of Emergency, We will ggf. Bolivia insert two more weeks, before we come back to Peru, and then finally see Machu Picchu and beyond, The end of February, travel to Chile to continue.
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