Topic: Machu Picchu
AP Features | 2010-02-01 17:31:15
Peru evacuates last tourists stranded at Machu Picchu, gears for extended shutdown of top site
Helicopters ferried out the last tourists stranded near Machu Picchu on Friday, leaving the country to contemplate a prolonged shutdown of its top tourist site. A total of 3,900 tourists and local people were flown out of the tiny mountain village of Machu Picchu ...
AP News | 2010-01-30 01:01:20
A Peruvian Army soldier guides foreign tourists waiting to be evacuated by helicopter from the Machu Picchu Pueblo archeological site in Cuzco, Peru Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. Peruvian authorities are hoping to evacuate the last tourists stranded after heavy rains ...
AP News | 2010-01-30 01:01:16
Last tourists fly out of isolated Machu Picchu as Peru's top destination looks at long closure
The last young backpackers flew away from Machu Picchu as clouds closed in again Friday, leaving Peru to grapple with flood damage that will close its top tourist site for weeks, or even months. Torrential rains caused mudslides and swelled the Urubamba River ...
AP Features | 2010-01-29 13:57:50
Map locates Machu Picchu, Peru, where tourists are trapped due to mudslides
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