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Tourists Evacuated From Machu Picchu
January 30th, 2010 | 
Author: Helicopters ferried out the last tourists stranded near Machu Picchu on Friday, leaving the country to contemplate a prolonged shutdown of its most important tourist site. Some 3,900 tourists and residents were flown out of the tiny mountain village of Machu Picchu Pueblo this week after mudslides and torrential rains on Sunday destroyed sections of the railway that is the only form of transit to the village, which is below the Machu Picchu citadel. The remaining 1,277 travelers were evacuated Friday, a police colonel, Santiago Vizcarra, said. The railway’s operator, Perurail, said that it would take months to repair the line.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NYTimes.com
Published: January 29, 2010
Posted in Inca Trail Peru, Machu Picchu Tours, Peru Holiday | 
Tags: machu picchu, machu picchu pueblo, perurail | 
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