Jumping for Joy!

Apu Salkantay and the Inca Trail

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April 20th 2009
Pop Quiz.....What was the name of the last Inca? (Ans at the end of the blog!) Well Gordon had this bright idea that the 4 day hike up and over 3 peaks, to a height of 4200m was not challenging enough...so we chose a route that added on 3 days and another peak, this time of 5100m. Having spent 3 weeks pottering artound at altitude and struggling to walk up a 5 minute hill in La Paz we weren ... 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