En route..third day

Our Inca Adventure to Machu Picchu

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September 26th 2008
Greetings all!! Albert and I are so excited to write this entry, as we finished the Inca Trail yesterday and have so much to tell you about. Since we last updated you, we flew out of Lima into Cuzco - a Peruvian city situated at 11, 600 feet. We were with the rest of our GAP adventures group and were picked up by minibus and taken to a lovely hotel in the middle of the city. Cuzco is gorgeous, ... read more

South America » Peru » Cusco » Inca Trail

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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