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Title: The Machu Picchu Guidebook: A Self-Guided Tour by Ruth M. Wright, Alfredo Valencia Zegarra ISBN: 1-55566-327-3 Publisher: Johnson Books Pub. Date: February, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Science and Architecture Book Parading as a Guide Book
Comment: Hats off to publisher Johnson Books for making this wonderful ... book available to serious travelers headed for Machu Picchu. The book is accurate and reliable besides being easy to read and understand. Wright and Valencia have provided an insight to Machu Picchu that far exceeds what the best local guides can explain and without their lore and myths aimed at foreign tourists. The 8 pages of glorious colored photographs complement the 160 black and white pictures and sketches. The fold-out colored map is a reduction of the map already hanging on the Fourth Floor of the Denver Art Museum. This book is a must for tourists, architects, engineers and archaeologists wanting to visit Machu Picchu someday. Those who have already visited the lost city of the Inca will appreciate it even more. Upon finishing the book, you will appreciate the pre-Columbian Inca people who created this masterpiece royal estate of Emperor Pachacuti.
Rating: 5
Summary: An Illuminating Guide to a Wonder of the New World
Comment: There are some things in life that appeal mainly to the connoisseur: others you would have to have a heart of stone not to be touched by. Machu Picchu belongs to the latter category. It makes a huge impression on all who see it. However, while it is both possible and pleasant to wander around the ruins in a dream-like state, soaking up the atmosphere, most people would appreciate the Incas' achievements all the more if they understood more about the functions of the various buildings and the problems that had to be overcome, e.g. in supplying the city with water. I have visited Machu Picchu twice and considered myself fairly well informed but learnt a great deal from each chapter of this book. Anyone who reads the book, and better still takes it along and uses it at the site in the manner intended by the authors, will get even more out of their visit than they would otherwise. Next time I go Machu Picchu, whenever that will be, I will see things in a new light.
Rating: 5
Summary: Don't plan a trip to Machu Picchu without it!!
Comment: I went to Machu Picchu for the first time last year with nothing more than a camera, an issue of the April 2002 National Geographic and "Insight Guides- Peru". I thought I had planned my trip fairly well, but felt a little disappointed with the information I had read about Machu Picchu. After exploring Machu Picchu for 2 days, I ran into several tourists who were carrying Ruth Wright's book. They ALL seemed so confident and knowledgable during their treks because of the information and map contained in the book. I then ran into one of the Wright Water Engineers who came with Ruth to Peru to do some surveys of Machu Picchu. The gentleman was nice enough to give me one of his maps (the same one contained in the book), which was to become invaluable to me during my journey. When I got home, I read the book, cover to cover and have been reliving my journey through it. DON'T PLAN A TRIP TO MACHU PICCHU WITHOUT IT!! It's like taking Ruth with you to Machu Picchu.
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Title: Lonely Planet Peru (Lonely Planet Peru, 4th Ed) by Rob Rachowiecki ISBN: 0864427107 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Inca Trail, Cusco & Machu Picchu, 2nd: Includes The Vilcabamba Trail and Lima City Guide by Richard Danbury ISBN: 187375664X Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Insight Guides Peru (Insight Guides) by Pam Barett, Pam Barrett ISBN: 1585732966 Publisher: Insight Guides Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The White Rock: An Exploration of the Inca Heartland by Hugh Thomson ISBN: 1585673552 Publisher: Overlook Press Pub. Date: 06 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: The Ancient Kingdoms of Peru by Nigel Davies ISBN: 0140233814 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: January, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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