Machu Picchu, Peru

Here comes a really oldish card....the stamp is out and there is no date in it, so i cant tell you when it originates from...I wonder if it has been pulled out on purpose or just fell out with time...ive read around that some stamp collectors take their stamps out of postcards as well...i dont really get it...i think that if you take out the stamp of a postcard (and if you manage not to ruin the card in the meantime), the card left just feels naked and is obviously thats something missing when there is already your address in it and a message and all...i know there are passionate stamp collectors, but if i was one, i would never go that far and take out stamps from postcards themselves...

I dont know if  i had mentioned this, but im in one of those times, when im somewhat struggling with posting cards...not coz i have no cards to post, i have way too many waiting to see the light of day....but im somewhat limited with the variety of countries (due to my self-imposed postcard posting rule to which i stick as a blind to a stick) and i often remain with just a few countries available and i somewhat lose my inspiration and those times and i just cant pick coz there is not much to pick from and it feels as if im getting stuck in some repetitive scheme....i dont say i need totally NEW countries (though i wouldnt mind) but i definitely would need some refreshment and get something i dont have in stock....i just dont know how do i expect that to happen when ive fallen behind with swaps and sending cards and all...ive just been carried away with other stuff, plus ive been waiting some income as i could get stamps and all...and then i wonder why i dont have cards in my mailbox....ehh Ana Ana.....

Machu Picchu, Peru

And this is my new country!!! Number 81!!! We are moving forward, heehehhehehehee!!!

And i have this one thanks to Veronika who as well sent me that Valparaiso card, and as well two other Chilean cards, but you'll get to see them at some future update....I actually won this one in a lottery...and actually this is the first card i had won in a lottery, just that Veronika wasnt able to send them until recently...yup, i do know how it feels actually :)

Machu Picchu (or Old Mountain) is a pre Columbian Inca site, situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru. Often referred to as the 'Lost City of the Incas' Machu Picchu probably is the most familiar symbol of the Inca Empire. It is also one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.

It was built around the year 1460, but abandoned as an official site for the Inca rulers a hundred years later, at the time of the Spanish Conquest of the Inca Empire. Although known locally, it was said to have been forgotten for centuries when the site was brought to worldwide attention in 1911 by Hiram Bingham, an American historian. Since then, Machu Picchu has become an important tourist attraction.

Machu Picchu was declared a Peruvian Historical Sanctuary in 1981 and a UNESCO whs, in 1983. Since it was not plundered by the Spanish when they conquered the Incas, it is especially important as a cultural site and it is considered a sacred place.

It was built in the classical Inca style, with polished dry-stone walls. Its primary buildings are the "Intihuatana", the "Temple of the Sun", and the "Room of the Three Windows". These are located in what is known by archaeologists as the "Sacred District" of Machu Picchu.