Are we really going to climb that?

A perfect day to climb Huayna Picchu

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March 3rd 2016
After sleeping badly due to worrying about whether our early alarm would go off, we were up as planned at 5.00am to return to Machu Picchu in order to climb Huayna Picchu. We thought that we had ordered 'breakfast to go' but neither the front desk or the restaurant had breakfast boxes for us. Not to worry we just went into the restaurant and made ourselves a very small ham and cheese roll each and ... 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