Turn Right at Machu Picchu
Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time

I really enjoyed this book. And now I want to go to Machu Picchu. You can definitely tell this was written by a journalist, but Mark Adams had fun writing this book. As with many adventure travel stories, you can feel yourself going along for every step of the journey. Adam's writing makes you sympa......more

I read this book for a book club I belong to that is currently following a travel theme. The book follows Mark Adams as he retraces the steps of Bingham, the explorer/adventurer/professor who “discovered” Machu Picchu, on the 100 year anniversary of the discovery. This should have been a great trave......more

What a fun filled, laugh out loud romp through history as travel writer mark Adams follows the footsteps of the so called discoverer of Machu Picchu. Mark Adams quits his day job, hires some very interesting, characters and sets out to hike to Machu Picchu. His travel guide is an Australian survival......more

The author, Mark Adams, retraces the steps that led Yale Professor, Hiram Bingham, to discover Machu Picchu one hundred years ago, on July 24, 1911. The chapters more or less alternate between Bingham’s and Adams’ expeditions. Adams packs a lot of information into the book. He includes anecdotes, obs......more

Machu Picchu was ON the list, but after reading this book, THE INCA TRAIL is on the list.......more