As the sun came out...

December 4th 2009
Our own alarm woke us up at 3 am on the morning of Friday, Dec. 4th at the Wiñay Wayna campsite. After a quick breakfast and a goodbye to our hardy porters, we waited in the nearby Trekker Hotel for the trail to Intipunku, the Sun Gate, and Machu Picchu to open past the checkpoint. We lined up at the trail checkpoint with the other few hundred hikers, and at 5:30 am, the gates opened and we wer ... read more

South America » Peru » Cusco » Machu Picchu

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

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George White and Eva Ma

George and Eva

Hi Everyone! Welcome to our travel blog! Eva and I (George) met at the University of Washington in Seattle and were married a couple of years ago. While dating, we discovered we both had an unfulfilled desire to see a little bit more of the planet and had talked about taking an extended trip. Shortly after our marriage, we started planning and saving for a year-long trip around the world. We departed for our adventures in August 2009, after Eva's graduation, and returned to our hometown of Seattle in October 2010. We had originally hoped to keep a blog with our photos a... full info

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