The Sacred Valleys

Peru and the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu

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March 9th 2007
Hi again, Well we can now safely say that we have survived the Inca Trail although it was touch-and-go for a while! It was fantastic, of course, but extremely hard work. We walked 50kms in 4 days and climbed to 4000m on the second day - that was a hard day! But the views were incredible and it was very surreal being so high up, the clouds were below us most of the time! We had a great gro ... 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