Machu Picchu's 100th birthday

100 years ago today, an American researcher, Hiram Bingham the 3rd, 'rediscovered' Machu Picchu. Machu Picchu was built in the 1450s but abandoned in 1572 due to the Spanish Conquest. It was officially rediscovered on the 7th of July 1911 by the American explorer. However, people do believe that other people have been to the sight before Hiram and after the Conquest.

Leaving out the rest of the world;
But according to the Peruvians, it was discovered today 100 years ago.

All the past week I have noticed people putting the mountain in their everyday lines- Luisa's son had to research about it, yesterday I went to their house and we talked about it; so even the people who have never been or have but years ago, think it's an incredible discovery.  

CHANGE OF TOPIC- I will come back to this later...

Yesterday:
On Wednesdays is market day in Urubamba- not that there is no market everyday, but on Wednesdays people from Cuzco come and sell mostly electronic devices.

Fruit/food section.

 I was wondering whether the two white hats the lady was wearing were for sale, or she didn't realize she put two hats on in the morning or just for fashion.

 I went with Livio- you can see him in the blue jacket- to Urubamba to get some fruits and vegetables.

On market day these rows of ladies sit all around the market place- which is quit big- and sell their goods.

 A lady forgot her hat or had none to buy one so she used her broccoli leaves for protection- doesn't the leaf look as if it's starting to lose its water?



My original plan of the day was to go with Livio to the market and then go to Luisa's house and hang around there- we had not had any contact the whole week and I wanted to see if everything was ok- and also het out of Willka Tika.
But Luisa called and said that she wouldn't be home that day because it was 'teacher's day' so everyone had free and she wasn't sure if she would be home.
But we ran into her, her son, sister and her son in the market- next to the brcocoli lady.

 I have had better visits to her house- here it is- it was quit boring. They watched TV most of the time- even though the food was very good.

Me returning to Willka Tika- this is their street- their house is at the very very back.