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The view from Wyna Picchu  
   

The view from Wyna Picchu

This is quite literally at the very top and I'm sitting down and holding on for dear life as I'm surrounded by nothing but air and it is a long way down on every side. You can just make out Machu Picchu behind me.
Camino Inka

September 25th 2005
This was a while ago now - I started the Inca Trail a few days after my last blog entry, on September 19th, still suffering from the remenants of food poisoning but keen to get on with it. I turned up to the briefing the night before only to be told that we were leaving that night as there were bus strikes planned for the next day (typical South American answer to anything is to have a good old ... read more
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Peruvian Flag 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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