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The Inca Trail!

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May 31st 2009
Well, over a year after booking it finally arrived! Hey everyone, after some recent ups and downs we have had a fantastic last four days hiking through the cloud forest, sleeping under canvas and eventually arriving at the amazing Inca site of Macchu Picchu! We had been preparing ourselves for the Inca Trail here in Peru for a long time and the 27th of May was our beginning....or so we thou ... read more

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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