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Hello I am planning to do the Salkantay Trail, would like to start ideally on 29th September or 1st or 2nd October and I am looking for other travellers interested to join me and register/book or to provide feedback (including the agency who organised it). I have Llama Paths and Enigma in mind but maybe someone else has another recommendation? As I am not too flexible with the dates, I would like to book already before I arrive in Cusco, to be sure that the hike takes definitely place on any of the 3 dates. Or does someone know whether during [View Full Entry]

sylvieb - Sylvia Braun | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 7th 2009 | 13 Views | [diary=416113]


Since our last blog we have been experiencing Peru, which has been very incredible. We flew into Cusco, via Lima (which was a very scenic flight along the Andes) and were greeted for the first time by a ride from the airport. We felt a bit like rock stars, at least until we had to help push our broken down transportation. We had to pay and have a briefing for our trek into Machu Picchu as soon as we got in. We struggled a bit with the combination of lack of sleep, dehyradation and the altitude. We both felt a bit [View Full Entry]

Schrader - Jasmine and Justin | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 6th 2009 | 13 Views | [diary=415904]


ian's bit We were high as kites for well over two weeks. So high at first that my head spun, I was breathless and was forced to lie down. We all agreed, over one of our many three course breakfasts, that this was as high as we'd ever been. And as Vik approached and then passed her 30th birthday - I know, at her age. But then you kind of get used to the altitude and don't really notice it. Although that isn't quite true when you're up a mountain and climbing a mountain. But the Inca trail was well worth [View Full Entry]

steve and viks fantastic travels - vik and steve's escape | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 6th 2009 | 22 Views | [diary=415739]


By HenC
July 3rd 2009
Machu Picchu South America » Peru » Cusco » Machu Picchu
We went from Lake Titicaca to Cusco on Wednesday 11 May. From there we started the Inka Jungle Tour to Machu Picchu. It is an alternative tour to the overrun Inka Trail, that leads through the really stunning jungle landscape around Machu Picchu... On the first day we went down a really scenic road per Mountainbike. Day 2 lead us on a nice 8hrs walk through jungle and canyons. On day 3 we went on to the nice little hidden village "Agua Calientes" that is the next village to the Machu Picchu site. From there we took a hike up a [View Full Entry]

HenC - Hans-Jörg Lachinger | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 5th 2009 | 19 Views | [diary=414907]

Machu Picchu viewed from Wayna Picchu
Inka Jungle Tour
Inka Jungle Tour

By Searlo
July 2nd 2009
The Inca Trail South America » Peru » Cusco » Inca Trail
Okay so I´ll finally get around to what is the highlight so far on my trip. First day This was descrived as the easy day. We woke up super early since we were told that our guides would pick us up between 5.20am and 6.00am. We let the hostel guy know that we´d be up super early and he replied that he works all day, so there´d be no problems right? Well for once in our lives we made it out of bed and got changed and were rearing to go at 5am, we head downstairs and were locked out of [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 4th 2009 | 29 Views | [diary=414599]

KM 82
Some ruins
Early trek

By Tessablythe
July 1st 2009
Cusco = amazing South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco » Cusco
Update from Jack, Buenos dias amigos! We´ve now been in Cusco for a little over a day and we are all in love. The elevation is VERY high, so yesterday we took it easy to avoid altitude sickness (headaches, nausea and unhappy GI tracts). We walked around the city and got the basic lay of the land, and it´s beautiful. All the streets are these little cobblestone alleys that snake over the mountainous city. You´ll be walking, short of breath from the thin air, then all of a sudden you are presented with a spectacular view over the city and the [View Full Entry]

Tessablythe - Tessa Walker | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 1st 2009 | 35 Views | [diary=414128]


From Jack: When I last left you I was out the door with the ladies waiting. Today I had planned a day of exploring the Pre-Colombian empire of the Incas. We walked up the hill just a block or two from our hostel and we found the base of the Incan steps that led to our first destination: Saqsaywaman. (You basically pronounce that like "sexy woman" with an accent.) Saqsaywaman is the closest ruins to the city, and one of the most important and impressive other than Macchu Picchu itself. On the way up we had to show our tourist ticket [View Full Entry]

Tessablythe - Tessa Walker | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 5th 2009 | 27 Views | [diary=414212]


bought some paintings from this guy
bought some paintings from this guy
took him out for dinner really nice guy
cusco brilliant lots of nice people. machu piccu words cant say how brilliant. look for yourselves!!!!!!!!!! took so many pictures [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 30th 2009 | 69 Views | [diary=413557]

main square cusco
main square cusco
alpaca burger

We arrived in Cusco 10 days ago, from Lima. We treated ourselves to a cushy bus again and actually had a good nights sleep on it....thanks to some Xanex of course. Cusco was having a festival for Winter Solstice...to the Inca Sun God. As we have pretty much managed to miss very festival, party, or public celebration of any kind on this continent we were quite excited. Accommodation was hard to come by though. So the festival was lots of dancers and performers in the main square and then a 20 minute walk to some nearby ruins for the main event. [View Full Entry]

The Sid and Nancy Tour - Darlene & Colie | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 1st 2009 | 66 Views | [diary=413863]

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Darlene 493
Traditional Mountain woman

By IsaSim
June 29th 2009
La jungle! South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco » Cusco
Luc et diane
Luc et diane
mangent dans une feuille de banane...
Hola!!! On vient de revenir a Cusco de la jungle (Puerto Madonado) aujourdhui. Les 5 jours et 4 nuits la bas ont vraiment été super. La premiere journée nous avons fait environ 4 heures de bateau pour se rendre au Waisai Tambopata lodge dans la réserve de Tambopata. Vendredi (c´est a dire le 26) nous avons fait une courte randonnée pour tenter de voir des oiseaux exotiques...nous avons alors vu quelques Ara et peroquet au loins. Dans l'aprés midi nous nous sommes ensuite dirrigés vers un autre site dans la réserve de Tambopata pour ce rendre à notre campement pour la [View Full Entry]

IsaSim - Simon et Isabelle | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: June 29th 2009 | 23 Views | [diary=413476]

Diane et moi
Capybara
closeup


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