I'huto by lliram Bingham 



THE ROAD IN THE URUBAMBA CANON NEAR MACHU PICCHU 



If it had not been for this new government road cut at great expense in the face of the 

 precipices of the Urubamba Cafion, it would not have been possil)le for us to have reached 

 the vicinitv of Machu Picchu with our mules and supplies. This ancient city is in the heart 

 of a region most wonderfully defended by nature; the most inaccessible part of the Andes 

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