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Prayer rocks

We stopped on the third day to have a sort of ceremony to ask for protection as we continued. We each brought a stone up and stacked them, then Juan said a prayer and gave offerings of rum and coca leaves to Mother Earth (Patchamama).
Trek to Macchu Picchu

January 2nd 2010
I have gone hiking before, but I can't say I've ever done anything like this. But to do this trek has been a dream of mine for a while, so I'm very thankful I had someone to do it with me. I was also blessed with a great group of people (four Kiwis, two South Africans, a dad and his two daughters from Colorado, a grandmother from Austin with both her son and grandson), fantastic guides (Juan and M ... read more
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