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One of our porters  
   

One of our porters

These guys were just amazing carrying all our stuff over the mountains for us, racing past us everyday to set up lunch or camp! It was so good to have our tents and out dinner ready for us.
The Inca Trail and Machu Picchu

June 4th 2008
Steve - So the time had come - the Inca Trail! I know Kate had been worrying about this for about 6 months and now the talking was over! I knew very little about it before hand prefering to ignore everything written about it so that it would all be a surprise. All i knew was that it was 45km walk through the mountains ending at Machu Picchu (the lost city of the Incas and one of the 7 wonders ... read more
South America » Peru » Cusco » Inca Trail

Peruvian Flag 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
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