Machu Picchu Mountain-Day 3

Inca Trail

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June 18th 2006
The Inca Trail and Machu Picchu-what can we say? The entire experience was spectacular and despite the 6am rises in the freezing cold, the 8hr days of hiking at altitude and in blinding sunshine, the going to bed at 8pm at 0 degrees C, the going to the toilet in the bushes at 11pm at -3 degrees, the sight of 'Dead Woman's Pass', the knee-crunching downhill steps, the smell of the campsite toilets ... read more

South America » Peru » Cusco » Inca Trail

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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