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September 12th 2008

Published: September 26th 2008

(Matt) We had a full 8 days in Cuzco just to take it easy for a while and to acclimatise in preparation for the Inca Trail Trek to Machu Picchu. ´The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry´ ...how true that is, with one day to go before the four day, 26 mile hike that crosses a 13,750-foot pass ominously named ´Dead Woman´s Pass´we were both lethargic from illness and recuperating in ... Read Full Entry

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Faking it - Porter for a day

Well 20 minutes actually and they gave me a relatively small bag!

The view facing back down ´Dead Woman´s Pass´

Hugging the post that marks the top of ´Dead Woman´s Pass´ 4200 metres

Happy to have crossed the hardest pass!

This was supposed to be the easy part of day two ...

it wasn´t!

Typical shot of the Inca Trail

Setting up camp

On the trail

Most of the trail on day three was on a path like this

Fantastic view from the Inca site on day three

The faster people in our group

Day three a pleasant stroll really

Really interesting Inca site

The end of day three at the final Inca site before Machu Picchu

Condor made of vegetables

Bearing in mind the lack of facilities sometimes the cook was just showing off!

The Sun Gate

After 4 days Machu Picchu is now in sight!

Finished - Yay!

At the top of Wayna Picchu

After climbing all the way up there the person who took this picture for me managed (somehow!) to miss the whole of Machu Picchu in the background!

Aguas Calientes

26th September 2008

toria
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sky high
chewing coca leaves?! Catherine, is that not cocaine?! Still loving your blog and look forward to new installments. I had a baby! A whopper of a girl, Isobel, weighing in at 9lb 15. I could do with some of them there leaves too... xx

27th September 2008

Sophie Dyas
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Well done guys!
Gosh, you made the whole inca trail sound so easy with all your 'pleasant 8 hour strolls'!

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