Nor does this shot do any justice to the fact that i could fall between the sleepers on this railway bridge (i would imagine if you went on google earth you would see it in the valley directly to the west of the site) crossing the river which snakes past machu picchu and i was about 15m above the river below!

I was intrigued so went to find it... and there is where i was stood (the red bridge to the left  and slightly down of machu picchu):

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=machu+picchu

gotta love modern technology!  (oh and i was apparently breaking the law by walking over the bridge - there was a sign just before it saying that it was a criminal offence to walk on the tracks)

"In every colour, there's the light.
In every stone sleeps a crystal.
Remember the Shaman, when he used to say:
Man is the dream of the Dolphin"

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