Walking down

On Wednesday, after hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, it took over half an hour to buy bus tickets down to Aguas Calientes, because the employees couldn't figure out the new system. On Thursday, we were told that it would take an hour and a half. That's about how long it takes to walk down to Aguas Calientes, so we hit the stairs. This wall, and the Inca stairs, are original. Obviously, nobody took a shuttle bus 500 or 600 years ago.

Machu Picchu with new Covid regulations

November 5th 2020
Machu Picchu and the Inca Trail opened again on November 2, after being closed since the State of Emergency and Covid-19 quarantine were announced in Peru on March 15th. I had the amazing good fortune to be able to hike the Inca Trail on November 4th and visit Machu Picchu on November 5th with a group of friends. All but one had never visited Machu Picchu before, though all of them have sat th ... read more

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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

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