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Inca Trail to Machu Picchu

November 19th 2009
Day 1 - up at 4am and then bus to a town called Ollantaytambo for breakfast. Back on the bus to KM82 (2750m) - the famous starting point of the classic Inca trail. Then you walk along the river for a bit before you start to climb gently up and down rolling hills...the Peruvian flat. At one point we stopped and saw some ruins from a distance called Llactapata which were pretty big. This site was a ... read more
South America » Peru » Cusco » Inca Trail

Peruvian Flag 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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