In to the wild

by Angela Mendonca (Brazil)

I didn't expect to find Peru

While the day revealed a fine mist - which always hangs over there - I started to realize that I had arrived at Machu Picchu. The lost city of the Incas has been there since the 15th, that is, I felt a speck of dust when I was 40. I have always had a very strong connection with the history of places and this is no different. Knowing that a large part of indigenous culture was declared by Spanish colonization leaves the place more special and extremely fragile. My way to arrive from Cuzco and the Peru Rail, which offers a train movement in the sacred valley of the Incas and throughout the route; it is a unique beauty of the untouched nature in the region. We passed many hikers, or saw it almost as if once living up to the inherent will to contemplate and thank for such a beautiful path. While enjoying the portal of the sun; the Incas had an advanced knowledge of astronomy and can see throughout the archaeological site that these techniques are present; I said goodbye to the place. Come back with the desire to know one of the wonders of the world. Understand that the wonder is there to be contemplated, preserved, valued by what it teaches. It is impossible not to think about yourself and your life trajectory when you are in this place. It makes us want to think about the life we lead, our first and almost always concluded that we are in the wrong direction. Everyone says there is something mystical about this place, many who do not believe but are impossible to feel. Allow yourself to feel and change your route. :) The travel aways is a jump in the unknow things. Some times and the mos important is the way you fell after this differents experience. That´s a real way to restart better ecological ways and conect with with other different than you.