Discuss the guide, John Leivers, and his role and how he impacts the author’s trip.ģ. Have you traveled to Peru? Machu Picchu?Ģ. Mark Adams’ Book Site with some photos and more: Ī video by a Photographer with John Leivers on the Inca Trail: ġ. Some articles on NPR regarding the book including a interview with the author: Įxcellent slide show of the Inca Trail from the NY Times: The result is Turn Right at Machu Picchu, a fascinating read which combines a history of Inca-Spainard clashes in Peru, Bingham’s adventures in exploring, and a travelogue of Adams’ own adventures in Peru, with an Australian guide right out of Crocodile Dundee and Indiana Jones. He set out to the Andes to retrace the famous explorer’s steps and in the process to study Bingham’s life and writings as well as Inca history. Mark Adams, working a desk job editing adventure travel stories, decided to find out the truth for himself, at least as much as possible. But there’s no question that he turned the world’s attention to South America and Inca history, and that he may have done even more-inspired the Indiana Jones stories. Now in 2011, his claim is disputed, and he is accused of stealing historical artifacts and trumpeting up a “discovery” of something that was never actually lost. One hundred years ago on July 24, 1911, explorer and Yale lecturer Hiram Bingham excitedly cabled the US from Peru about his discovery of an ancient site, potentially the “lost city of the Incas.” That site was Machu Picchu, or “the old peak” in the local language of Quechua, a city of architectural grandeur and ancient temples. This book cover is incredibly beautiful and designed by Nancy Resnickīook Review from 5 Minutes for :
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