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Blog 10 - Cusco, The Salkantay Trek and Machu Picchu

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August 30th 2015
"Nowadays, we throw around the word sublime to describe gooey deserts or overpriced handbags. In (philosopher Immanuel) Kants epistemology, (he said) it meant something limitless, an aesthetically pleasing entity so huge it made the perceivers head hurt. Machu Picchu isn't just beautiful, it's sublime." - (taken from 'Turn Right at Machu Picchu', Mark Adams, 2011). The end of our time in P ... read more

South America » Peru » Cusco » Salkantay Trail

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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