Machu Picchu

The Inca Trail & Machu Picchu

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December 18th 2009
We survived the Inca Trail and Machu Picchu was beautiful! While I wish I could say it went over like a breeze, I would be lying - the Inca Trail is a long, hard climb! Fortunately, we had really good weather despite it being the wet season as we only got rained on once for about 15 minutes on the third day. The weather did change drastically though between night and day with it falling almost to ... 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