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Goodnight Westy

I am a mix-mash of Irish, German and English and who knows what else for good measure!

Thankfully, I do not need to do a genealogy search for my family's roots. I have an oral history that has been passed down to me. I value it highly. As you can see by the posts, it goes much further back than the War or Northern Aggression.

I am not your enemy, but if you think that the USA is a homogeneous reflection of your notion of 'just getting along', I beg to differ with you.

Every so often this Picture and a story of Lima Pura appears on the net the last one was a wealthy Fenchman brought the land and torn down wall of earth that was historical to build a hotel.

It makes me wonder like in WWII they would send out coded messages so could it be this re-apearing photo with different stroies or repeated stories is sending messsage globally?

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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."

This is a view of the the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu in Cusco in Peru's jungle-covered southern Andes, 310 miles (500 km) southeast of Lima, Peru in this July, 1995, file photo. A century after an American adventurer Hiram Bingham hacked through jungle-shrouded mountains to reach the overgrown ruins of Machu Picchu, heavy tourism and unchecked development nearby have endangered the 'Lost (news - web sites) City of the Incas.' That's the finding of U.N. monument evaluators, who recommendedthat the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, place Machu Picchu on its endangered list during a meeting this week in Suzhou, China, to evaluate world heritage sites.(AP Photo/Martin (news - web sites) Mejia, file)

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.

The recommendation by the International Council on Monuments and Sites, was confirmed Monday by Peru's National Institute of Culture.

During an October visit to Peru, UNESCO (news - web sites)'s heritage chief Francesco Bandarin warned that with some 1,000 tourists visiting Machu Picchu each day, the heavy traffic could severely damage the magnificent stone structure.

Bandarin also criticized the absence of city planning in nearby Aguas Calientes, a ramshackle town where trains unload visitors onto buses to ascend the mountain to Machu Picchu.

Machu Picchu, located atop a craggy peak amid jungle in Peru's southern Andes, is about 310 miles southeast of Lima.

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