The Inca Trail, Machu Picchu and the story of how we nearly didn´t make it!!
July 12th 2008 We had our Inca Trail booked for Wednesday 9th July and after looking forward to it for 6 months we were glad to check in on Sunday and have all the details confirmed. Sophie had lost track of the days so thought we were going on Tuesday for a few days so it´s a good job that the trek company called our hostel on Monday morning and asked us to call in as soon as possible... all sort of thoughts
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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 
