At Old Mountain

Here is my first photo taken in front of Machupicchu, also known in English as Old Mountain. The city that is seen is on the actual mounatin itself. The mountain in the background is actually a different mountain all together. I always thought that the mountain in the background was part of the city and the Machupicchu mountain. The mountain is seperate. The name is Waynapicchu, which means young mountain in English. The names of these mountains remain in the Quechua language and I am grateful for that because the places feel more mystical with ancient names. The Inka regarded the mountains as gods and it is not hard to see why. The mountains are so massive and so beautiful. Pachama was what they called Mother Earth. The spirit of the mountain is called Apus. The Inka also personified the mountains. The mountain here, Wynapicchu was said to look like a feline resting. Looking at the mountains you can understand wy they are gods in their own sense. They touch heaven.