RECOVERED

The Inca Trail

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July 14th 2007
I was so excited to see my Dad, a welcome familiar face, after so long travelling. It was just such bad timing to feel so ill the day he arrived. We caught the plane to Cusco and rested, for Dad to get used to the altitude and for me to recover from malaria. By the time it came to the Inca trail, my Dad also got a bout of food poisoning! And being fully booked till September, it wasn´t as though ... 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