Machu Picchu 5.30 am

Machu Picchu

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May 28th 2009
Well after 3 days of trekking 43km up and down mountains, road blocks, bus strikes and hardly any sleep to talk of we finally got to the end location, Machu Picchu, and it lives up to and exceeds any expectaions you could ever have. Having not done the traditional route we didn´t trek through the sun gate, which must be phenomenal, but instead got a bus at 5.30am from Agua Calientes for the final ... 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