>.< >.< and >.< again
There's something extremely disturbing about bad things happening places where you've been.
I can't get my head around the fact that I can remember Aguas Calientes well enough to identify the three houses which were destroyed. I hope they had a lot of empty space in the visitor's centre and the little motel-y place on top of the mountain, cos Machu Picchu is a *really* bad place to be stuck outside at night, there's no shelter of any kind at all. And you can't even get down the mountain to the big hotel because if the mudslides hit the railway then the mountain road can't possibly be safe. In fact, thinking about it, I'm not sure if the mountain road can still be *there*. >.<
Still, Machu Picchu at dawn is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen, and now they'll all get to see it...
And it could have been worse. The guide when we were there was telling us that it's likely one day the whole lot will go - and when Machu Picchu falls down, the angle of the cliffs is such that a gazillion tons of rock will land right on the posh hotel at the bottom of the mountain. Bye bye Peruvian tourist industry. ^_^;;;
(Chris, you aren't in Peru are you? Last thing I heard you were in Chile, but check in if you read this.)