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Fantastic, and funny. Even better because I read it in Peru while hiking to Machu Picchu. Great balance of history and current day.
This book made me really want to go to Peru to hike the Inca Trail on my way to Machu Picchu!
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I found this book without really looking for it and it intrigued me enough to bring it home. I am glad I did. History, Adventure, Memoir, Travelogue- a bit of everything here and most enjoyable.
Mark Adams started out as an intern, moved on to a fact checking job and then a researcher and then became an Editor at National Geographic. He got the bug to explore through these jobs, thus becoming a travel writer and book author. Turn Right, being his first book and adventure outside the office life. My reason for telling you all this is that Mark appears to be just a normal guy, not a hard-core adventurer. Thus, his writing style is plain and simple and at times a but humorous as he relates his time in his search for answers on the reason the Incas built Machu Picchu. As a guide, on his adventure, he did team up with a hardcore adventurer (an Australian named John Leivers) and the two of them resemble the Mutt and Jeff (look it up if you don't know who they are) of the Inca Trail.
This was a fascinating story explaining a lot of things I knew nothing about. I stand before you admitting, I still had a hard time understanding some of the celestial reasoning behind/within Machu Picchu. However, it enlighten me on the subject of the Incas and their "way ahead of the game" engineering and understanding of the Sun. Also, the story is told in 3 timelines, that of the Incas, 20th century explorer Hiram Bingham and Adams own time spent in South America and Machu Picchu .
A great read I can recommend to almost anyone.
Mark Adams started out as an intern, moved on to a fact checking job and then a researcher and then became an Editor at National Geographic. He got the bug to explore through these jobs, thus becoming a travel writer and book author. Turn Right, being his first book and adventure outside the office life. My reason for telling you all this is that Mark appears to be just a normal guy, not a hard-core adventurer. Thus, his writing style is plain and simple and at times a but humorous as he relates his time in his search for answers on the reason the Incas built Machu Picchu. As a guide, on his adventure, he did team up with a hardcore adventurer (an Australian named John Leivers) and the two of them resemble the Mutt and Jeff (look it up if you don't know who they are) of the Inca Trail.
This was a fascinating story explaining a lot of things I knew nothing about. I stand before you admitting, I still had a hard time understanding some of the celestial reasoning behind/within Machu Picchu. However, it enlighten me on the subject of the Incas and their "way ahead of the game" engineering and understanding of the Sun. Also, the story is told in 3 timelines, that of the Incas, 20th century explorer Hiram Bingham and Adams own time spent in South America and Machu Picchu .
A great read I can recommend to almost anyone.
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Excellent introduction to Machu Picchu’s history, the Inca people, and the site’s rise to fame/awareness via Hiram Bingham. Adams does an excellent job pacing his travels alongside a review of different historical timelines. Overall a captivating but educational read. I read this in preparation to hike the Inca Trail and I am even more excited after finishing the book.
Also big kudos to the voice actor, who did a wonderful job capturing the different accents and characters.
Also big kudos to the voice actor, who did a wonderful job capturing the different accents and characters.
Grateful for this book in preparation for my own pilgrimage along the Inca Trail. Particularly appreciated the complicated persona of Hiram Bingham, the explorer, imperialist and conservationist. Thankful to get to 'know' John and his passion through Mark's journey, and to hear their narrative as I walked the Camino Inca myself.
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