Hundreds airlifted from Peru site when skies clear (AP)

Posted under World on Thursday, January 28th, 2010 at 6:46 pm | Comments are off for this article

Tourists wait to be evacuated in helicopter from the Machu Picchu Pueblo archeological site in Cuzco, Peru Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. Heavy rains and mudslides in Peru have blocked the train route to the ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, leaving nearly 2,000 tourists stranded.(AP Photo/Martin Mejia)AP – Skies cleared over the fabled Machu Picchu citadel Thursday, speeding the evacuation of stranded tourists, many of whom were left to eat from communal pots and sleep outdoors after weekend flooding and mudslides cut access to the area.


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