Room with a view

Inca Trail & Macchu Picchu

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March 24th 2007
(Leroy) the night before.... we have a 7pm briefing to meet the other hikers and our guides. Our guides - Jose and Freddy seem like top blokes and look like they knew what they were talking about. The first thing i notice is that our group is turnig out to be mostly s - not nessacarily a bad thing.... Out of 12 people it was myself and John a US chap from Pennsylvania who was doing the hike ... read more

South America » Peru » Cusco » Machu Picchu

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Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more