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nepal

Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, is a kaleidoscope of religion, nationality, and architectural wonders - and all in the range 30-minute plane ride from the most amazing mountains I've ever seen, the Himalayas.

We arrived in Kathmandu from Abu Dhabi after a four hour flight comfortable using Etihad Airlines, immediately greeted with the arrival of a troublesome procedure. There, visa photo I could fly from the hands of immigration officers, exit the terminal window to the ground plane, but fortunately the land officers immediately arrested by Etihad. After passing through customs, we waited 20 minutes to travel agents arrived. As we learned later, Kathmandu is not a city for those who are faint of heart, or search for a five-star luxury class.

But after these little difficulties, we arrived at Hotel Yak and Yeti, Kathmandu is one of accommodation is high class, get into a comfortable room with views of gardens and swimming pools (one full of water, only a blank) and found a bar near the center the city to celebrate our arrival in Nepal. Next, we ate curry at an Indian restaurant where we were entertained by two exciting singers Nepal.

The next day, we just started touring around the city. Our travel agent to pick up - we thought he was late again, but apparently the time in Nepal was strangely 15 minutes slower than most of the time zone - and immediately we were taken to various places extraordinary. Bodnath Temple, built in the style of architecture similar to neighboring Tibet, the roof you can see beautiful scenery and colorful surrounding communities. Next we stopped a little long in the Hindu religious site, Pashupathinath, final resting place for those who passed away. Our Nepalese guide gives an explanation of the funeral ritual. He brought me very close to the volcano is very hot, place the legs of humans that have not burned and skull shape that can still be seen. Ashes were then sown in a slow-moving river which is considered sacred.

After the place smelled of death, we are ready for a light lunch of fried potatoes and sauce in a cafe with beautiful views near Patan, full of temples and palaces built in the 18th century. We walked toward the square that busy after lunch, stop by and stopped at several temples before returning to Kathmandu. Once there, we walked for an hour enjoying the Durbar Square, where we see more temples, and ended the day in the hills looking at the city from a distance - and yes, to visit another temple, looking at monkeys swimming in a nearby pond.

After surrounding the exotic and dusty Kathmandu, next day we went to the Himalayas. We left Kathmandu with little fear of facing the track for three days to Annapurna, and after a 30-minute flight up the Yeti Airlines, we arrived in Pokhara, the Himalaya foothills. There shrines and concurrently the leader guides the track, Rottna, with porters who kept smiling, greeted us. We kept smiling Porter probably because we actually take the minimum required amount of clothes for trekking. He just had to carry 10 kg of goods than the goods that must be taken of other porters, assisted by several donkeys, which can be up to three times our luggage.

Our first day of trekking, we pass through beautiful valleys and along the riverbanks - which makes us surprised - through many small villages. We meet farmers, school children and parents to our first nights accommodation in a small village Tikedungha. There we enjoyed dinner with a dish of rice and chicken, followed by local wines that can make the eyes water, along with several walkers from Europe and America, as well as the guides and porters. Our overnight accommodations for $ 5, it would not be surprising if the bathroom facilities that we have been quite simple. At least the bathwater warm, though we never used to the squat toilet.

The next day, we were off again at 8 am. The reason is we have to climb 3000 stairs on the side of the mountain. After that, the path we passed a little flat and we passed more forests and villages. After walking for 5 hours and stopped several times, we arrive at Ghorapani, we stop that afternoon, after a strong storm passed. Even so, our guide insisted that this storm was a sign there will be sunny the next day. Where we live is simple, but becomes alive because yak steak and local liquor. We went to bed early that night, hoping that we could see the sun rise tomorrow at 5 am after the cloudy weather throughout the afternoon.

Currently, we have reached an altitude of 10 thousand feet and the next morning, we saw a warning on the risk of altitude as it passes through a kind of monument for visitors from Australia who died suddenly without warning. We climbed for an hour before dawn and were greeted by cool weather and clear skies at the top of Poon Hill, incredible views of the eight peaks of the Himalayas.

Our guide is correct, the storm the night before turned into a clear sky in the morning.

Then we went back to the lodge for breakfast eggs and bacon before running again for 8 hours to our starting point. Steep gradient seemed sharper as it goes down, we also felt the movements of the muscles which have not we think there is. Finally, after one hour taxi ride which makes goose bumps and very decrepit - and feel very proud of our trekking skills - we arrived at the Fish Tail Lodge in Pokhara. The next day we spent the morning see the amazing views from the hotel and walk to the shops before boarding clothes and books using the Yeti Airlines afternoon flight back to Kathmandu to spend another night there.

That night, we met an old friend from Sydney in a quiet vegetarian Indian restaurant and serves delicious food. He was retired from the British Consulate and spent three years in Nepal to learn the language and absorbing the local culture.

On the last day, we saw more and more mixing of cultures on small streets and alleys in the city of Bhaktapur stunning, with the temples of the 18th century who maintained her condition and another cafe on the roof to enjoy the atmosphere. After returning to Kathmandu for more busy streets that are still repaired and a little cake and tea in the hotel lounge is civilized, it was time to go to the airport and saying goodbye to friends, travel agents and Kathmandu.

Six nights are the trips that are too short, but enough to give a sense of amazing culture and scenery of Nepal. We could buy better clothes trekking, useful for the Philippines or in Europe, we are pretty sure to come back and feel the track is longer (five or six days) to catch a glimpse of the world's highest mountain, Everest. We are realistic enough to know we will not get to Base Camp, but sure enough to get through the track is longer in one

line with the most beautiful scenery in the world.

Jaya wijaya mountain

Where can we find snow in Indonesia? Only at the top of the mountain Jayawijaya. Special, snow in Jayawijaya not like snow in the 4 seasons that are only a few months. Snow in one of the highest peak in Indonesia will be there forever.
Jayawijaya Mountains is a mountain range that lies at the center of the province of West Papua and Papua (Indonesia) to Papua New Guinea on the island of New Guinea. There are six peaks in the mountainous Jayawijaya: Puncak Jaya (formerly Peak Carstenz Pyramide), Meren Peak, Peak Northwall, Ngga Pulu Peak, Peak Sudirman, and Peak Trikora. Peaks with perpetual snow exists only in the first four peaks. But unfortunately this eternal snow began to melt due to global climate change.
Of the six peaks in these mountains, Puncak Jaya is the highest peak 4884 meters above sea level (masl). Even Jayawijaya mountain peak named as one of the top seven continents. But do you know if the so-called top of the continent was once the ocean floor? The proof of the various fossil sea shells found in the top of the mountain. So that dream into the tops of pegungungan Jayawijaya not only hikers but also the world's geological research.
Apparently 60 million years ago New Guinea was still in the seabed formed by sedimentary rocks. Long story short in time millions of years saw various tectonic activity and sedimentation resulting in the mainland of Papua is still fused with Australia. Gradually the land was divided and produce the islands and mountains in Papua as we know it today.
There are still many secrets of the rocks Jayawijaya untapped and still many who have never climbed the highest peak in Indonesia. So you choose which one? So rock climbers accomplished or renowned researcher? Both can be done in Jayawijaya Mountains.

Bromo

Cold, so you'll feel when you first get out of the car. Here the temperature reaches 10 degrees to 0 degrees Celsius even during the morning. So, you should prepare for winter clothes, hats skullcaps, gloves, socks, scarves to overcome them. But, if you forget about the equipment, there are many vendors offering wares in the form of hats, gloves, or scarves.
Seeing the Bromo Sunrise from Pananjakan
Regular visitors to visit this area since the early days with the aim to see the rising sun. To view them, you have to climb Mount Pananjakan which is the highest mountain in the region. Field that must be traversed to get to Mount Pananjakan a heavy terrain. To get to the foot of Mount Pananjakan, you have to go through the desert-like area that can make you get lost. When the need to climb Mount Pananjakan, narrow streets and lots of sharp turns would require a high driving skills. To that end, many visitors choose to rent a car hardtop (a type jeep) driven by the community. The community is derived from the Tengger tribe is friendly with visitors.
Up above, there are many shops serving coffee or tea and a fire to warm the body while waiting for the sun tebitnya time. There are also stores that rent out warm clothing. Watching the sunrise indeed an interesting event. The proof, the visitors are willing to wait since 5 am facing east so as not to lose this moment. You also do not always able to see this event, because if the cloudy sky, the appearance of the sun is not seen clearly. However, when the sky is clear, you can see the roundness of the sun which first matches only small pins, slowly enlarge and eventually form a complete circle and shed light so that we can see the view of the mountains in this region. Among others, Mount Bromo, Mount Batok, or Mount Semeru is the highest mountain on the island of Java.
Bromo crater and the Ocean Sand
Finished watching the sunrise, you can go back down the mountain and towards Mount Bromo Pananjakan. Sunlight can make you see the scenery around. Turns out you pass through the sea of ​​sand which covers 10 km ². Arid regions are filled with sand and just a little overgrown grasses that dry. A gust of wind, making the sand fly and can complicate your breathing.
To reach the foot of Mount Bromo, you can not use the vehicle. Instead, you should hire a horse at a price of Rp 70,000, - or if you feel strong, you can choose to walk. But, it should be noted that walking is not easy, because scorching sun, long distances, flying dust can make the trip harder.
Now, you have to climb the stairs that number reached 250 stairs to see the crater of Mount Bromo. Arriving at Bromo is the high peak of 2392 m above sea level, you can see the crater of Mount Bromo smoke. You can also cast your gaze down, and saw the sea of ​​sand with a temple in its midst. It's really incredibly rare and unusual that we enjoy.

paris

Paris adalah salah satu kota di Eropa yang menyimpan banyak keindahan. Liburan kali ini kami memutuskan untuk mengunjungi kota Paris di musim semi ini. Kami sengaja menggunakan bis untuk pergi ke Paris berbeda dengan liburan beberapa waktu yang lalu menggunakan kereta api. Alasan menggunakan bis adalah ingin mendapatkan suasana baru selama perjalanan.

Setelah menempuh perjalanan sekitar 10 jam, akhirnya kami sampai juga di Paris. Selama di Paris kami menggunakan Metro sebutan untuk transportasi kereta bawah tanah, yang memudahkan kami untuk bergerak dari satu tempat ke tempat yang lain. Untuk memudahkan acara berkeliling di obyek-obyek wisata yang ada di Paris, kami menggunakan bis khusus untuk wisata. Bis tersebut ada empat jalur yaitu hijau, orange, kuning dan biru. Keempat jalur bis tersebut dapat mengantarkan kami ke banyak tempat-tempat yang indah di Paris. Ada dua pilihan yang ditawarkan oleh bis wisata ini, yaitu membayar 29 euro per orang untuk satu hari atau 32 euro per orang untuk dua hari. Kami pun memilih untuk membayar selama dua hari.

Hari pertama kami memilih menggunakan jalur hijau. Jalur ini merupakan jalur paling padat maka tidak heran kami harus berdesak-desakan untuk memilih tempat di atas karena ingin lebih menikmati suasana kota Paris dan dapat mengambil gambar paling bagus untuk melukiskan keindahan kota tersebut. Jalur ini paling banyak melewati obyek-obyek wisata yang terkenal di Paris seperti Opera de Paris Garnier, Museum Louvre, Notre Dame Cathedral, Arc de Triomphe dan tentu saja Menara Eiffel. Hari kedua kami mengelilingi kota Paris menggunakan tiga jalur yang lain. Jalur-jalur tersebut tidak seramai jalur hijau namun pemandangan kota Paris yang disajikan tidak kalah cantiknya. Kami dapat melihat Palais Bourbon, Madeleine, dan lain-lain.

Berikut ini adalah sedikit gambaran tentang keindahan kota Paris yang saya abadikan lewat beberapa foto.

Opera de Paris Garnier (Palais Garnier) dirancang oleh Charles Garnier untuk Kaisar Napoleon III. Bangunan bergaya barok tersebut merupakan simbol penting abad ke-19 pada Kekaisaran Kedua Perancis. Palais Garnier dibangun pada tahun 1862. Tempat ini sekarang banyak digunakan untuk pertunjukan balet. Opera de Paris Garnier merupakan salah satu teater terbesar di dunia dengan kapasitas tempat duduk sekitar 2.200. Bangunan opera tersebut berukuran panjang 172 m, lebar 125 m dan tinggi 73,6 m.

Pada awalnya Louvre dibangun sebagai benteng abad ke-12, kemudian diubah menjadi sebuah istana kerajaan di abad ke-14. Saat ini Louvre merupakan salah satu museum terbesar dan paling banyak dikunjungi di dunia. Akhir abad ke-18 adalah pertama kali Louvre menjadi museum publik. Lukisan Mona Lisa adalah salah satu karya seni yang paling terkenal di museum tersebut. Piramida kaca yang dibangun pada tahun 1989 oleh arsitek amerika IM Pei semakin melengkapi kemegahan Museum Louvre.Notre Dame bukan merupakan katedral terbesar di dunia, akan tetapi mungkin menjadi salah satu katedral yang paling terkenal di dunia. Uskup Maurice de Sully memulai kontruksi katedral ini pada tahun 1163. Bangunan ini bergaya gotik dan mencerminkan status Paris sebagai ibukota Kerajaan Perancis pada waktu itu. Katedral ini memiliki panjang 128 m dengan dua menara setinggi 69 m. Puncak menara yang mencapai 90 m ditambahkan pada abad ke-19 oleh Viollet le Duc.Arc de Triomphe (lengkungan kemenangan) dibangun atas permintaan Napoleon pada tahun 1806 untuk memperingati kemenangannya. Bangunan tersebut diukir dengan nama-nama jenderal yang memimpin pasukan Perancis selama rezim Napoleon. Arc de Triomphe didesain oleh Jean Chalgrin yang didasarkan pada Arch of Titus di Roma. Tinggi bangunan ini mencapai 50 m. Detail Relief Marseillaise menghiasi bangunan ini dengan indah.Menara Eiffel adalah simbol kota Paris dan merupakan bangunan yang paling terkenal di Eropa. Menara ini dibangun dalam rangka Pameran Dunia tahun 1889 yang diselenggarakan untuk memperingati Revolusi Perancis tahun 1789. Tinggi Menara Eiffel mencapai 300 m. Struktur Menara Eiffel dirancang oleh Gustave Eiffel, yang juga dikenal merancang kerangka besi untuk pembangunan Patung Liberty di Amerika Serikat.Palais Bourbon juga dikenal dengan Assemblee Nationale sejak tahun 1830 merupakan sebuah bangunan Parlemen Perancis. Palais Bourbon dibangun oleh Duchess Bourbon, putri Raja Louis XIV dan Madame de Montespan. Bangunan ini dirancang oleh arsitek Italia Giardini dan Hardouin Mansart, yang mulai dibangun pada tahun 1722 dan selesai pada tahun 1728.Madeleine adalah sebuah gereja yang didedikasikan untuk St Maria Magdalena. Karena di Perancis Magdalena dikenal sebagai Madeleine, maka bangunan besar ini dinamakan Madeleine. Pada awalnya bangunan ini dirancang oleh arsitek Pierre Konstan d’Ivry yang dimulai pada tahun 1764 dan didesain mirip dengan gereja Invalides. Namun kemudian rancangan tersebut diganti oleh Guillome-Martin Couture. Dia memutuskan untuk meruntuhkan bangunan yang belum selesai tersebut dan mulai dengan desain baru yang mendasarkan pada Pantheon.Selama perjalanan menggunakan bis wisata tersebut, kami mendapatkan fasilitas audio guide. Menggunakan headset yang telah disediakan di masing-masing tempat duduk, kami dapat memilih program bahasa yang diinginkan. Ada kira-kira sepuluh pilihan bahasa, sayangnya tidak ada pilihan bahasa Indonesia. Di dalam bis juga tersedia peta dan leaflet tentang kota Paris. Tidak ketinggalan terdapat satu mesin untuk membeli beraneka ragam minuman. Minuman, ya sesuatu yang amat penting dibutuhkan oleh tubuh agar tidak terkena dehidrasi selama melakukan perjalanan. Maklum cuaca kota Paris waktu itu cerah dan mataharinya cukup terik meskipun belum memasuki musim panas.

Di samping bangunan-bangunan indah khas Eropa, kota Paris juga dihiasi oleh kanal yang panjang. Banyak kapal-kapal wisata yang juga menawarkan jasa mengelilingi kota Paris melalui kanal tersebut. Keindahan kota Paris dapat kita nikmati kala siang ataupun malam. Liburan yang singkat ini rasanya belum cukup untuk menikmati keindahan kota tersebut. Masih banyak tempat lain yang belum kami datangi seperti Disneyland Paris. Namun liburan kemarin tetap memberikan pengalaman yang menyenangkan dan membuat salah satu mimpi saya terwujud yaitu berada di Paris kota dengan segala keindahannya. Mudah-mudahan masih ada kesempatan lain untuk kami dapat kembali datang ke Paris. 

Bunaken island

Who does not know Bunaken, which is very popular with tourist submarine (diving) it. Bunaken is an island covering an area of ​​8.08 km ² at Manado Bay, situated on the northern island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. This island is part of the city of Manado, the provincial capital of North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Bunaken Island can be traveled by fast boat (speed boat) or a rented boat with about 30 minutes journey from the port city of Manado. Around the island there Bunaken Bunaken marine park that is part of the National Park has Bunaken.Taman sea marine biodiversity among the highest in the world. Scuba diving attracts many visitors to the island. Overall Bunaken marine park covers an area of ​​75,265 hectares with five islands within it, namely the island of Manado Tua, Bunaken Island, Siladen Island, Island Mantehage follows several children of the island, and island Naen. Although it covers an area of ​​75,265 hectares, the location of the dive (diving) is limited in each of the five beaches that surround the island of Bunaken marine itu.aman has a 20 point dive (dive spot) with varying depths of up to 1344 meters. Of the 20 point dive, dive 12 points of which are located around the island of Bunaken. Twelve dive spot is the one most frequented by divers and lovers of the beauty of the underwater scenery.

Most of the 12 point dive in Bunaken Island lined up from the southeast to the northwest of the island. In this region there is a great underwater walls, also called the hanging walls, or walls of the giant rock standing vertically and curved upward. These rock walls are also a source of food for fish in the waters around Pulau Bunaken National Bunaken.Taman is representative of tropical aquatic ecosystems Indonesia consisting of mangrove ecosystems, seagrass beds, coral reefs, and land / coastal ecosystems. In the northern part of the island of Bunaken, Manado Tua island, island Montehage, Siladen island, the island of Nain, Nain Small islands, and some coastal areas of Cape Pisok. While in the Southern Cape coast includes some Kelapa.Potensi land islands national park is rich in species of palm, sago, woka, silar and coconut. Animal species that live on the mainland and coastal regions such as Sulawesi black macaques (Macaca nigra nigra), deer (Cervus russa timorensis), and fitch (Ailurops ursinus ursinus). Plant species in the mangrove Rhizophora Bunaken National Park is sp., Sonneratia sp., Lumnitzera sp., And Bruguiera sp. This forest is rich with various kinds of crabs, shrimp, mollusks and various types of sea birds such as gulls, herons, sea virgin, and cangak laut.Jenis algae found in this park include the type of Caulerpa sp., Halimeda sp., And Padina sp. Seagrass Montehage dominated mainly on the island, and the island of Nain Thalassia hemprichii, Enhallus acoroides, and Thalassodendron ciliatum. Recorded 13 genera of corals living in waters of Bunaken National Park, dominated by fringing reefs and coral reef barrier. The most interesting is the extent of vertical cliffs 25-50 meter.Sekitar 91 species of fish found in the waters of Bunaken National Park, including fish gusumi horse (Hippocampus horse), white OCI (Seriola rivoliana), lolosi yellow tail (Lutjanus kasmira), goropa (Ephinephelus spilotoceps hypselosoma), ila trunk (Scolopsis bilineatus), and others. Types of mollusks like giant clams (Tridacna gigas), head of the goat (Cassis cornuta), hollow nautilus (Nautilus pompillius), and tunikates / ascidian.Cara achievement of the location: Bunaken National Park can be achieved through the Port of Manado, Marina Nusantara Diving Centre (NDC) in Molas subdistrict and Marina Blue Banter. From Port of Manado to use a motor boat to the island can be reached Siladen + 20 minutes + 30 minutes Bunaken island, island Montehage + 50 minutes and +60 minutes Nain island. From Blue Banter Marina with yacht that is available to the tourist area on Bunaken island can be reached within 10-15 minutes, while the NDC from the port to the dive sites in Bunaken island by speed boat to within + 20 minutes.

Tanah Toraja

Tana Toraja is a famous tourist attraction with its cultural richness. District is located approximately 350 km north of Makassar was very famous with their customary form of house building. This custom home named Tongkonan.

The roof is made of Nipa or coconut leaves and can last up to 50 years. Tongkonan also have the appropriate degree of aristocratic strata of society, like the strata of gold, bronze, iron, and brass.

Because of Tana Toraja attach images with this custom home building, as a form of tourism promotion and to attract Japanese tourists to this region, then the custom house was built in the country's sunrise.

The building was done by his own Toraja people and carried off to the land of cherry tourism entrepreneurs. Now in Japan there have been two Tongkonan very similar to the original Tongkonan. The presence Tongkonan always amaze people of the country because of its unique. The difference with the existing in Tana Toraja is located on the roof only using leaf sago (sago palm).

There are many other attraction besides Tana Toraja ritual signs solo (funeral) that has been notorious for this. Call it baby graves in the tree in Kampung Kambira Tarra, Sangalla District, about 20 km from Rantepao, prepared for the body of a baby aged 0-7 years.

Although burying the baby in the tree Tarra was not implemented since the last decades, the tree where the "save" the baby's body was still upright and much visited by tourists.

Above the tree Tarra - whose fruits resemble breadfruit - a circle of trees about 3.5 meters, saved dozens of dead babies.

Before the body is inserted into the tree trunk, in advance hollowed tree trunk. Placed into a dead baby, then covered with black palm tree fibers. After decades, the baby's body will blend with the tree.

This is an attraction for travelers and for the people of Tana Toraja still consider this place sacred as a newborn child.

Placement of the baby's body on the tree, adapted to the social strata of society. The higher the degree of family social position that the higher the infant who was buried in the trunk Tarra.

In addition, infants who die are placed in the direction of the bereaved family residences. If the house is in the western part of the tree, then the child's body will be laid to the west.

In the meantime, to get this amazing Tana Toraja existing domestic airlines Makassar-Tana Toraja. The flight was only once a week and wear a small plane air passengers  eight people. However, it takes quite short, only 45 minutes from Airport Hasanuddin Makassar. And if by land, which is quite tiring journey takes seven hours.

Events of interest in this tourist area is a burial ceremony (sign solo) and shower (Tuka signs) which is a fixed calendar each year.

In addition to these events, visitors can see up close the other interesting cultural attractions, such as storage bodies in the shape of the container body holding a giant size with a width of 3 meters and a height of 10 meters and tongkonan 600 years old in Londa, Rantepao.

Green Canyon

Green Canyon store incredible charm. A mix of rivers, green valleys, forests, and various stalactite-stalagmite. The beauty wrapped in silence, like a hidden paradise.
green Canyon were developed in 1989, but initially do not have a dock, so many boats that rush of passengers. But after Kompepar and managed by the Department of Culture and Tourism Office, which may operate boats limited to 20 boats per day. The boat was owned by the community here, there are about 75 boats are registered. Green Canyon is often called by local people Cukang Taneuh which means the land bridge, located in the Village Kertayasa, District Cijulang, Ciamis, West Java. The distance is about 31 kilometers from Pangandaran or about 393 km from Jakarta. The name Green Canyon itself was popularized by Frank and Astrid, tourists from France and Switzerland, who in 1990 came to Cukang Taneuh. From the pier Cisereuh, tourists along the river where the water is greenish. The boat could only carry a maximum of five passengers only and manned by two people in charge of operating the motor and another set the direction and keep the passenger in front. All the way lizards occasionally seen swimming in the river and disappeared into the bushes. River Cijulang indeed splitting dense forests overgrown with trees and inhabited by wild animals one lizard. Distance from dock to Cukang Taneuh about 3 kilometers or traveled in 15 minutes. Although the stinging afternoon sun but the air was cool, probably oxygen supply from the surrounding forests provide coolness and comfort. Arriving at Cukang Taneuh No fewer than 10 boats have been lean in the mouth of the cave. Apparently the trip was not the worst, other views of the phenomenon is still stored in it. Actually this Cijulang River divides the cliff, but there are parts which form the land bridge that connects the top of the cliff. Local people call it Cukang Taneuh tourist areas, which means the land bridge.
Once off the boat and climbed the rocks to pass through the base of the land bridge, It appeared natural beauty. On both sides of the river towering green cliffs, in some parts there are stalactite and stalagmite, and the cliff wall reliefs that formed naturally over millions of years more and make tourists amazed.
Not only that, if tourists want to see more beautiful scenery can swim about 10 to the buoy using. Once up, the most stunning scenery plastered front, relentless rush of water that resembles a rain soaked cliffs and rock walls. This area is called Eternal Rain, because walalupun drought, the water coming out from the cliff wall has never subsided. Still not finished admire and immortalize the beauty of this, Ade invited to go up to the cliffs as high as 15 meters into the bathing pool. It is said that anyone believed that bathing in the place will stay young, smooth soul mate and fortune.

BALI

1.Kuta is located in the southern island of Bali, is one of the forerunner to the development of tourism in Bali. This place was once a fishing village as the development of tourism of Bali and Indonesia and Bali in particular, the locals started renting out private homes for rent as a place of lodging. Now Kuta has developed into an icon of tourism in Bali or better known as International city because it is a meeting place for tourists from all over the world and also local tourists. In terms of Kuta facility has complete facilities. Inns or hotels, restaurants, spas and other tourism supporters can too much here. Kuta Beach is a tourist spot that has been chosen to spend the holidays while in Kuta. Beaches with white sand was chosen as a place to surf sports and is also very suitable place to relax while waiting for the beautiful sunset beach of Kuta. Not one of thousands of tourists this beach is always crowded.                                
2.tanah Lot is one of the favorite destinations on the island of Bali. This tourist attraction famous for its temple of Tanah Lot which is located separately from the mainland, but still can be reached if low tide without having to use a boat. This temple is one of the main temple in Bali is known as Sad heaven.

Pura Tanah Lot Beraban situated in the village, Tabanan, about 1 hour 15 minutes drive from Kuta.

According to the story, this temple was built in the 16th century by the successful Nirartha Danghyang strengthen Hinduism in Bali island. Besides laden with historical value, this temple also offers the charm of these wonderful sunset (sunset) and is very crowded by tourists, especially in the afternoon.Offered a view similar to that in Uluwatu temple. Surely this place has always been an option for the tourist who was vacationing in Bali. How about you?.                                                                               3.Ubud, which is located in Gianyar regency, offers arts and cultural attractions for visitors.

Since the booming tourism in Bali, Ubud region also berkembangan become a center for the arts in Bali crafts ranging from wood carvings, gold and silver handicrafts, paintings and other art. Local cultural life of Bali is still maintained strong here.Not surprisingly, in the Ubud area much used as a place to learn the art of its main foreign tourists. They live here and the day-to-day filled with learning interaction with local residents. view  too nother place are beatuful, like ; Mas Village, Ubud region, known as a center of wood carving producing second to none. Almost along the road and the house you will find traditional Balinese art carvings in the gallery.As with the village craftsmen Celuk known as gold and silver, also a favorite place to get souvenirs.In the travel or tour route, the trip from Ubud you can continue to visit Kintamani For accommodation needs, Ubud offers many options that offer a "private escape" atmosphere away from the crowd with a beautiful view of hills. Among Pitamaha resorts, Maya Ubud, Sayan Four Seasons Resort and other international class hotel is a small example. Kintamani, which is located in Bangli district, is one of the favorite tourist attractions tourist options both domestically and abroad. Generally in almost any travel agent or tour operator in Bali, Kintamani entry in the itinerary (travel route) after visiting the Moon Stone (Barong Dance), the tourist area of ​​Ubud or Sukawati as a shopping center.

4.Kintamani offers a fresh atmosphere of the hills with temperatures around 18 degrees Celsius, much like the air in Bedugul. The main attraction of the region is a view of Mount Kintamani and Lake Batur. Mount Batur is a mountain that is still active status and the second highest after Mount Agung at Besakih. The best atmosphere is when enjoy lunch while enjoying the beauty of lake and mountain belching smoke friendly.

Interested in knowing more about Kintamani? Also a time to yourself to visit the village Trunyan located near the lake. But you have to cross by boat to get there by traveling approximately 20 minutes. The interesting and unique is the way the funeral locals certainly different from the prevalence in Bali. The bodies were buried without leaning against the tree. But the issue is not unique body odor because neutralized by the smell of fragrant wood called incense.

Unique is not it? If interested, why not incorporate alternative Kintamani attractions in your vacation? Congratulations on holiday in Bali.
5.Uluwatu, which is located at the southern tip of Bali island and towards the Indian Ocean, is a charming     tourist attractions.

What was interesting to see here is the temple that stands firmly on the rocks that jutted into the sea to a height of about 50 meters. In the afternoon enjoying the beautiful sunset, you can watch the famous Balinese dance performances up to foreign countries, the Kecak dance.

Not only that, for those of you who love to learn history, pretending that this one will be full of historical value. History will be outlined as follows:

In some sources said, about the year 1489 AD came to the island of Bali a purohita, writers and clergy named Danghyang Dwijendra. Danghyang Dwijendra is a Hindu priest, born in Kediri, East Java

Danghyang Dwijendra at walaka named Danghyang Nirartha. He married a daughter in Daha, East Java. In that place he also studied and in-diksa by law. Danghyang Nirartha bhiseka kawikon awarded by the name Danghyang Dwijendra. After in-diksa, Danghyang Dwijendra a duty to dharmayatra as one of the requirements kawikon. Dharmayatra this should be implemented on the island of Bali, with the addition of a very heavy task of arranging in-law, especially customary and religious life on the island of Bali. When deemed necessary dharmayatra it can be forwarded to the Sasak and Sumbawa Island.

Danghyang Dwijendra come to the island of Bali, first set foot on the outskirts of the southwestern coast of Jembrana for a moment to rest before continuing the journey dharmayatra. This is where Danghyang Dwijendra pemutik left (there is also mention pengutik) with shaft (starch) wood shelf. Starch wood shelf life and it turned into a tree thrives rack. Until now the leaves are used as a wood shelf completeness of offerings in Bali. As a memorial and tribute to him, built a temple named Purancak. After holding dharmayatra Sasak and Sumbawa Island, Danghyang Dwijendra headed southwest tip of the southern island of Bali, which is in arid regions, full of rock called the hills area. After some time living there, he was getting calls from Hyang Creator to get back amoring acintia Parama moksha. This is where Ida Rauh recalled Wawu (icang eling) with Samaya (promise) himself to return to his home. That's why this place is called Cangeling and gradually became Cengiling until now.

Hence, Ida Rauh Wawu ngulati (find) a place deemed safe and appropriate to do Parama moksha. Therefore deemed ineligible, he moved again to another location. In this place, then built a temple called Pura Toadstool. The name was derived from the word ngulati.The temple is located in the village of Pecatu.

While walking to get a new location deemed eligible for Parama moksha, Ida Rauh Wawu very sad and crying inside her. Why? Because he was not willing to leave this world scale because swadharmanya not felt completely, namely the life of the Hindu religion in the Sasak and Sumbawa. At this place he mengangis, and built a temple called Pura cry (tears of origin of the word). Tears temple is located in Middle Village Banjar Indigenous Pecatu.

Ida Rauh Wawu have not found a place that is appropriate for the Parama moksha. He then arrived at a place full of large boulders. He felt alone. In this place, and built a temple called Pura Batu Diyi. Also in this place Danghyang Dwijendra feel less safe for Parama moksha. With a pretty exhausting trip hunger and thirst, he finally arrived in the hills that always gets the hot sun. For the umbrella away, he took a piece of leaf beetles and try to get drinking water sources. After the tour did not find the source of drinking water, Dwijendra Danghyang finally stuck his stick. Amertha water came forth. In this place and built a temple called Pura Umbrella with springs used Tirtha means until now.

Ida Rauh Wawu then moved again to another location, to amuse themselves before carrying out the seconds back to the origin. In this place and built a temple called Pura Selonding located in Banjar Kangin Pecatu Indigenous Village. Having satisfied herself, Danghyang Dwijendra feel tired. So he was looking for a place to rest. I was so tired to the point that he was quiet (asleep). In this place and built a temple called Pura Parerepan (parerepan means pasirepan, the inn) is located in the village of Pecatu.

Approaching the final seconds to Parama moksha, Danghyang Dwijendra purify themselves and mulat sarira first. In this place until now there stood a temple called Pura Pangleburan located in Banjar Kauh Pecatu Indigenous Village. After purifying himself, he continued his journey to the location of the southwestern tip of Bali. This place consists of the cliff rocks. When observed from below sea level, looks bertindih each other, shaped head perched on the cliff rocks, with a height between 50-100 meters above sea level.Thus called Uluwatu. Ulu Watu mean head and mean stone.

Before Danghyang Dwijendra Parama moksha, he summoned a boat skipper who had taken her from Sumbawa to the island of Bali. Boat skipper named Ki Pacek Nambangan Boat. The Pandita for help to skipper a boat carrying clothes and stick to his fourth wife in pasraman Griya Sakti in Banjar Pule Mas, Mas Village, Ubud, Gianyar. Clothing was a light green silk robe and wooden sticks. After Ki Pacek Nambangan boat headed pasraman Danghyang Dwijendra in Mas, Ida Rauh Wawu immediately toward a large rock on the east heap stones temple relics of the former kingdom of Sri Wira Kesari Dalem. On top of that stone, Ida Rauh Wawu mengranasika yoga, like a dagger off so urangka, disappeared without a trace, amoring acintia Parama moksha. Also at Uluwatu beach area with a fairly large waves is very challenging to surf sports lovers. Each year the event is always held at the international level adjacent beach about Uluwatu.

Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmatʃu ˈpitʃu], Quechua: Machu Pikchu [ˈmɑtʃu ˈpixtʃu], "Old Peak") is a pre-Columbian 15th-century Incasite located 2,430 metres (7,970 ft) above sea level. It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, which is 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Cusco and through which the Urubamba River flows. Most archaeologists believe that Machu Picchu was built as an estate for the Inca emperor Pachacuti (1438–1472). Often referred to as the "Lost City of the Incas", it is perhaps the most familiar icon of the Inca World.

The Incas started building the "estate" around AD 1400, but abandoned it as an official site for the Inca rulers a century later at the time of theSpanish Conquest. Although known locally, it was unknown to the outside world before being brought to international attention in 1911 by the American historian Hiram Bingham. Since then, Machu Picchu has become an important tourist attraction. Most of the outlying buildings have been reconstructed in order to give tourists a better idea of what the structures originally looked like. By 1976, thirty percent of Machu Picchu had been restored.The restoration work continues to this day.

Since the site was never known to the Spanish during their conquest, it is highly significant as a relatively intact cultural site. Machu Picchu was declared a Peruvian Historical Sanctuary in 1981 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983.In 2007, Machu Picchu was voted one of the New Seven Wonders of the World in a worldwide Internet poll.

Machu Picchu was built in the classical Inca style, with polished dry-stone walls. Its three 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. In September 2007, Peru and Yale University almost reached an agreement regarding the return of artifacts which Yale has held since Hiram Bingham removed them from Machu Picchu in the early 20th century. In November 2010, a Yale University representative agreed to return the artifacts to a Peruvian university.

Machu Picchu was built around 1450, at the height of the Inca Empire. It was abandoned just over 100 years later, in 1572, as a belated result of the Spanish Conquest. It is possible that most of its inhabitants died from smallpox introduced by travelers before the Spanish conquistadorsarrived in the area.[9] The latter had notes of a place called Piccho, although there is no record of the Spanish having visited the remote city. The types of sacred rocks defaced by the conquistadors in other locations are untouched at Machu Picchu.

History, Hiram Bingham theorized that the complex was the traditional birthplace of the Incan "Virgins of the Suns". More recent research by scholars such as John Howland Rowe and Richard Burger, has convinced most archaeologists that Machu Picchu was an estate of the Inca emperorPachacuti.[8] In addition, Johan Reinhard presented evidence that the site was selected because of its position relative to sacred landscape features such as its mountains, which are purported to be in alignment with key astronomical events important to the Incas. 

Although the citadel is located only about 80 kilometers (50 mi) from Cusco, the Inca capital, the Spanish never found it and consequently did not plunder or destroy it, as they did many other sites. Over the centuries, the surrounding jungle grew over much of the site, and few outsiders knew of its existence.

Johan Reinhard believes Machu Picchu to be a sacred religious site. This theory stands mainly because of where Machu Picchu is located. Reinhard calls it "sacred geography" because the site is built on and around mountains that hold high religious importance in the Inca culture and in the previous culture that occupied the land. At the highest point of the mountain in which Machu Picchu was named after, there are “artificial platforms [and] these had a religious function, as is clear from the Inca ritual offerings found buried under them” (Reinhard 2007). These platforms also are found in other Incan religious sites. The site’s other stone structures have finely worked stones with niches and, from what the “Spaniards wrote about Inca sites, we know that these [types of] building were of ritual significance” (Reinhard 2007). This would be the most convincing evidence that Reinhard points out because this type of stylistic stonework is only found at the religious sites so it would be natural that they would exist at this religious site.  Another theory maintains that Machu Picchu was an Inca llaqta, a settlement built to control the economy of conquered regions. Yet another asserts that it may have been built as a prison for a select few who had committed heinous crimes against Inca society. An alternative theory is that it is an agricultural testing station. Different types of crops could be tested in the many different micro-climates afforded by the location and the terraces; these were not large enough to grow food on a large scale, but may have been used to determine what could grow where. Another theory suggests that the city was built as an abode for the deities, or for the coronation of kings.

On 24 July 1911, Hiram Bingham announced the discovery of Machu Picchu to scholars. An American historian employed as a lecturer at Yale University, Bingham had been searching for the city of Vilcabamba, the last Inca refuge during the Spanish conquest. He had worked for years in previous trips and explorations around the zone. Pablito Alvarez, a local 11 year-old Quechua boy, led Bingham up to Machu Picchu. Some Quechuas lived in the original structures at Machu Picchu.

Bingham started archaeological studies and completed a survey of the area. He called the complex "The Lost City of the Incas", which was the title of his first book. Bingham made several more trips and conducted excavations on the site through 1915, collecting various artifacts which he took back to Yale. He wrote a number of books and articles about the discovery of Machu Picchu.

Although Bingham was the first person to bring word of the ruins to the outside world, other outsiders were said to have seen Machu Picchu before him.Simone Waisbard, a long-time researcher of Cusco, claims that Enrique Palma, Gabino Sánchez, and Agustín Lizárraga left their names engraved on one of the rocks at Machu Picchu on 14 July 1901. In 1904, an engineer named Franklin supposedly spotted the ruins from a distant mountain. He told Thomas Payne, an English Christian missionary living in the region, about the site, Payne's family members claim. They also report that in 1906, Payne and fellow missionary Stuart E. McNairn (1867–1956) climbed up to the ruins. 1981 Peru declared an, The site may have been discovered and plundered in 1867 by a German businessman, Augusto Berns. There is some evidence that a German engineer, J. M. von Hassel, arrived earlier. Maps found by historians show references to Machu Picchu as early as 1874.

 area of 325.92 square kilometers surrounding Machu Picchu as a "Historical Sanctuary". In addition to the ruins, the sanctuary includes a large portion of the adjoining region, rich with the flora and fauna of the Peruvian Yungas and Central Andean wet puna ecoregions.

The site received significant publicity after the National Geographic Society devoted their entire April 1913 issue to Machu Picchu.

In 1983 UNESCO designated Machu Picchu a World Heritage Site, describing it as "an absolute masterpiece of architecture and a unique testimony to the Inca civilization"

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. This has resulted from the impact of tourism, uncontrolled development in the nearby town of Aguas Calientes, which included a poorly sited tram to ease visitor access, and the construction of a bridge across the Vilcanota River, which is likely to bring even more tourists to the site, in defiance of a court order and government protests against it.

Early encounters

Man sitting on ruins, hand-colored glass slide by Harry Ward Foote, who accompanied Hiram Bingham to Machu Picchu, 1911

Geography
Map of Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu lies in the southern hemisphere, 13.164 degrees south of the equator. It is 80 kilometers northwest of Cusco, on the crest of the mountain Machu Picchu, located about 2,450 metres (8,040 ft) above mean sea level, over 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) lower than Cusco, which has an altitude of 3,600 metres (11,800 ft). As such, it had a milder climate than the Inca capital. It is one of the most important archaeological sites in South America, one of the most visited tourist attractions in all of Latin America  and the most visited tourist attraction in Peru.
The year at Machu Picchu is divided between wet and dry seasons, with the majority of annual rain falling from October through to April. It can rain at any time of the year.
Machu Picchu is situated above a loop of the Urubamba River, which surrounds the site on three sides, with cliffs dropping vertically for 450 metres (1,480 ft) to the river at their base. The area is subject to morning mists rising from the river. The location of the city was a military secret, and its deep precipices and steep mountains provided excellent natural defenses. The Inca Bridge, an Inca rope bridge, across the Urubamba River in the Pongo de Mainique, provided a secret entrance for the Inca army. Another Inca bridge was built to the west of Machu Picchu, the tree-trunk bridge, at a location where a gap occurs in the cliff that measures 6 metres (20 ft). It could be bridged by two tree trunks, but with the trees removed, there was a 570 metres (1,870 ft) fall to the base of the cliffs.
The city sits in a saddle between the two mountains Machu Picchu and Huayna Picchu, with a commanding view down two valleys and a nearly impassable mountain at its back. It has a water supply from springs that cannot be blocked easily, and enough land to grow food for about four times as many people as ever lived there. The hillsides leading to it have been terraced, not only to provide more farmland to grow crops, but to steepen the slopes which invaders would have to ascend. The terraces reduced soil erosion and protected against landslides. Two high-altitude routes from Machu Picchu go across the mountains back to Cusco, one through the sun gate, and the other across the Inca bridge. Both could be blocked easily, should invaders approach along them. Regardless of its original purpose, it is strategically located and readily defended.

The site

The central buildings of Machu Picchu use the classical Inca architectural style of polished dry-stone walls of regular shape. The Incas were masters of this technique, called ashlar, in which blocks of stone are cut to fit together tightly without mortar. Many junctions in the central city are so perfect that it is said not even a blade of grass fits between the stones.The ruins of Machu Picchu are divided into two main sections known as the Urban and Agricultural Sectors, divided by a wall. The Agricultural Sector is further subdivided into Upper and Lower sectors, while the Urban Sector is split into East and West sectors, separated by wide plazas.
View of the residential section of Machu Picchu
Interior of an Inca building, featuring trapezoidal windows
Some Inca buildings were constructed using mortar, but by Inca standards this was quick, shoddy construction, and was not used in the building of important structures. Peru is a highly seismic land, and mortar-free construction was more earthquake-resistant than using mortar. The stones of the dry-stone walls built by the Incas can move slightly and resettle without the walls collapsing.
Inca walls had numerous design details that helped protect them against collapsing in an earthquake. Doors and windows are trapezoidal and tilt inward from bottom to top; corners usually are rounded; inside corners often incline slightly into the rooms; and "L"-shaped blocks often were used to tie outside corners of the structure together. These walls do not rise straight from bottom to top, but are offset slightly from row to row.
The Incas never used the wheel in any practical manner. Its use in toys demonstrates that the principle was well-known to them, although it was not applied in their engineering. The lack of strong draft animals, as well as steep terrain and dense vegetation issues, may have rendered the wheel impractical. How they moved and placed the enormous blocks of stones remains a mystery, although the general belief is that they used hundreds of men to push the stones up inclined planes. A few of the stones still have knobs on them that could have been used to lever them into position; it is believed that after the stones were placed, the Incas would have sanded the knobs away, but a few were overlooked.
The space is composed of 140 structures or features, including temples, sanctuaries, parks, and residences that include houses with thatched roofs. There are more than one hundred flights of stone steps — often completely carved from a single block of granite — and numerous water fountains. These were interconnected by channels and water-drains perforated in the rock that were designed for the original irrigation system. Evidence suggests that the irrigation system was used to carry water from a holy spring to each of the houses in turn.
According to archaeologists, the urban sector of Machu Picchu was divided into three great districts: the Sacred District, the Popular District to the south, and the District of the Priests and the Nobility.




Temple of the Sun
Located in the first zone are the primary archaeological treasures: the Intihuatana, the Temple of the Sun and the Room of the Three Windows. These were dedicated to Inti, their sun god and greatest deity.
The Popular District, or Residential District, is the place where the lower-class people lived. It includes storage buildings and simple houses.
The royalty area, a sector for the nobility, is a group of houses located in rows over a slope; the residence of the Amautas (wise persons) was characterized by its reddish walls, and the zone of the Ñustas (princesses) had trapezoid-shaped rooms. The Monumental Mausoleum is a carved statue with a vaulted interior and carved drawings. It was used for rites or sacrifices.
As part of their road system, the Incas built a road to the Machu Picchu region. Today, tens of thousands of tourists walk the Inca Trail to visit Machu Picchu each year. They acclimate at Cusco before starting on the two- to four-day journey on foot from the Urubamba valley, walking up through the Andes mountain range to the isolated city.
The people of Machu Picchu were connected to long-distance trade, as shown by non-local artifacts found at the site. As an example, Bingham found unmodified obsidian nodules at the entrance gateway. In the 1970s, Burger and Asaro determined that these obsidian samples were from the Titicaca orChivay obsidian source, and that the samples from Machu Picchu showed long-distance transport of this obsidian type in pre-Hispanic Peru.
The Guardhouse is a three-sided building, with one of its long sides opening onto the Terrace of the Ceremonial Rock. The three-sided style of Inca architecture is known as the wayrona style.
3D laser scanning of site
In 2005 and 2009, the University of Arkansas made detailed laser scans of the entire Machu Picchu site and of the ruins at the top of the adjacent Huayna Picchu mountain. The university has made the scan data available online for research purposes.
January 2010 evacuation
See also: El Niño-Southern Oscillation
In January 2010, heavy rain caused flooding which buried or washed away roads and railways leading to Machu Picchu, trapping more than 2,000 local people and more than 2,000 tourists, who were taken out by airlift. Machu Picchu was closed temporarily, but it reopened on 1 April 2010.
Intihuatana stone
The Intihuatana ("sun-tier") is believed to have been designed as an astronomic clock or calendar by the Incas
The Intihuatana stone is one of many ritual stones in South America. These stones are arranged to point directly at the sun during the winter solstice. The name of the stone (coined perhaps by Bingham) is derived from the Quechua language: inti means 'sun', and wata- is the verb root 'to tie, hitch (up)' ('huata-' is simply a Spanish spelling). The Quechua -na suffix derives nouns for tools or places. Hence inti watana is literally an instrument or place to 'tie up the sun', often expressed in English as "The Hitching Post of the Sun". The Inca believed the stone held the sun in its place along its annual path in the sky. The stone is situated at 13°9'48" S. At midday on November 11th and January 30th the sun stands almost above the pillar, casting no shadow at all. On June 21st the stone is casting the longest shadow on his southern side and on December 21st a much shorter one on his northern side. Researchers believe that it was built as an astronomic clock or calendar.[citation needed]
Concerns over tourism


Machu Picchu is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Since its discovery in 1911, a growing number of tourists visit Machu Picchu, reaching 400,000 in 2003.As Peru's most visited tourist attraction and major revenue generator, it is continually threatened by economic and commercial forces. In the late 1990s, the Peruvian government granted concessions to allow the construction of a cable car and development of a luxury hotel, including a tourist complex with boutiques and restaurants. Many people protested against the plans, including members of the Peruvian public, international scientists, and academics, as they were worried that the greater numbers of visitors would pose a tremendous physical burden on the ruins. Many protested a plan to build a bridge to the site as well. A no-fly zone exists above the area. UNESCO is considering putting Machu Picchu on its List of World Heritage in Danger.
During the 1980s a large rock from Machu Picchu's central plaza was moved out of its alignment to a different location to create a helicopter landing zone. Since the 1990s, the government has forbidden helicopter landings there. In 2006 a Cusco-based company, Helicusco, sought to have tourist flights over Machu Picchu and initially received a license to do so, but the government quickly overturned the decision.

View of Machu Picchu from Huayna Picchu, showing the Hiram Bingham Highway used by tour buses to and from the town of Aguas Calientes

In 1912 and 1914–15, Bingham excavated treasures from Machu Picchu—ceramic vessels, silver statues, jewelry, and human bones—and took them from Peru to Yale University in the United States for further study, supposedly for a period of 18 months. Yale has retained the artifacts until now, under the argument that Peru did not have the infrastructure or proper conditions to take care of the pieces.
Eliane Karp, an anthropologist who is married to the former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo, accused Yale of profiting from Peru's cultural heritage by claiming title to thousands of pieces removed by Bingham. Many have been on display at Yale's Peabody Museum since their removal. Yale returned some of the artifacts to Peru, but the university kept the remainder, claiming its position was supported by federal case law involving Peruvian antiquities.
On 19 September 2007, the Courant reported that Peru and Yale had reached an agreement regarding the requested return of the artifacts. The agreement includes sponsorship of a joint traveling exhibition and construction of a new museum and research center in Cusco about which Yale will advise Peruvian officials. Yale acknowledges Peru's title to all the excavated objects from Machu Picchu, but Yale will share rights with Peru in the research collection, part of which will remain at Yale as an object of continuing study.
On 19 June 2008, National Geographic Society's vice-president Terry Garcia was quoted by the daily publication, La República. "We were part of this agreement. National Geographic was there, we know what was said, the objects were lent and should be returned."
On 21 November 2010, Yale University agreed in principle to the return of the controversial artifacts to their original home in Peru.

Panoramic photograph of Machu Picchu, looking towards Huayna Picchu

Panoramic photograph of the residential section