Thousands of tourists stranded at Machu Picchu

Thousands of tourists stranded at Machu Picchu

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Peru used helicopters to airlift foreign tourists trapped by rain and mudslides that killed seven people in and around its famed Machu Picchu ruins, but frustrations grew among the more than 2,500 still stranded.

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Interesting story here.. everyone, should, know about the famed Machu Picchu ruins..

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a most awesome feat of the ancient people. too bad people are having such a rough time there right now. i hope everyone gets out a ok.

The World Monuments Fund placed Machu Picchu on its 2008 Watch List of the 100 Most Endangered Sites in the world because of environmental degradation resulting from the impact of tourism, uncontrolled development in the nearby town of Aguas Calientes that included a poorly sited tram to ease visitor access, and the construction of a bridge across the Vilcanota River that is likely to bring even more tourists to the site in defiance of a court order and government protests against it.

perhaps the ancient gods are pissed that thier holy site is being degraded.

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stranded? c'mon, the people that built it could get down without help. what a bunch of wimps