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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
Reading this book has made me so excited for my trip to Peru (which is now 40 days away). Mark Adams traveled through the heart of the Inca lands following the trail of Hiram Bingham's 1911 expedition, when he "discovered" Machu Picchu. Adams, along with Crocodile Dundee-esque guide John Leivers, roughed it through the wilds of the Andes to view the ruins as Bingham had a century earlier, and this book colorfully records that month-long journey. It's humorous, informative, historical, and pretty inspiring; it reminds me of Bill Bryson's works, which is a big compliment. I recommend that EVERYONE who plans to visit Machu Picchu read this book first; I'm going to get so much more out of my visit because I did so!
4 stars.
4 stars.
adventurous
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
adventurous
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
it was somewhat interesting but mainly because I'll be hiking the Machu Picchu trail this fall. I stopped reading with 75 pages to go as I had enough of them walking trails.
it's great retelling of machu pichu discovery with current days affairs.
adventurous
funny
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
Definitely makes you want to go out on an adventure. Can be a little slow at times, but I loved the funny footnotes.
I particularly liked this because I just returned from a first time visit to Machu Picchu. I wish I had read it prior to the trip. Great motivation to go back and notice some of the nuances from the book.
"No archaeological discovery was more romantic—or more likely to grab the public’s attention—than a lost city. The unearthing of Troy in 1868 and Knossos in 1900 had been inspired by ancient Greek tales. At the moment Bingham staggered into the abandoned citadel of Choquequirao, excavations were under way at the Mayan site of Chichen Itza and in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings that were expected to reveal some of the greatest treasures of antiquity" okay thst book was certainly a personal favourite. It's pleasurable to read and rich with -what seems to me- accurate description. I enjoyed it because I could pictures most of the process and become of the continuous references to other cultures. Was like reading one's diary in a way.