Macchu Picchu endangered

[Lucky Luciano]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040629/ap_on_sc/peru_machu_picchu

This is one of my all tiem favorite places in the world:

Science - AP


Evaluators Say Machu Picchu Is Endangered

LIMA, Peru - A century after American explorer Hiram Bingham hacked through jungle-shrouded mountains to reach the overgrown ruins of Machu Picchu, heavy tourism and nearby sprawl have endangered the "Lost (news - web sites) City of the Incas."


That's the finding of U.N. evaluators, who recommended that the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization place Machu Picchu on its endangered list.

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[Mnemosyne]

1. Hoped to visit there, but in light of this I will not go,

I'd rather not contribute to such a beautiful, special place's decline.

Thanks Lucky!

[Maestro]

2. Quite disturbing

They should limit the amount of tourism there but considering the economic boom it brings to the area, I doubt this would happen.