Hello Everyone, Well after a very long bus journey from Bolivia back into Peru we arrived in Cusco. The Inca Trail was shut for a clean up in February so we had to double back on ourselves somewhat! We spent a few days in Cusco acclimatising to the altitude and enjoying the colonial architecture, before setting out on the world famous Inca Trail........ The Trek was truly amazing - it was a four day, 35 km walk, camping along the way and it was a pretty tough in parts. We climbed over 1200 meters up to Dead Womans Pass on the second day- a huge, steep hill taking 3 hours!! But the clouds rolling off the surrounding mountains, subtropical jungle, beautiful scenery and amazing Inca paving, tunnels and ruins really helped when climbing those big hills!!
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