Inca Trail Day 4 Machu Picchu 20160528_043115

Inca Trail Day 4 Machu Picchu

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May 28th 2016
Day 4 This was our earliest start - 3:30, though I was actually awake at 3:15. The checkpoint and gate to the final stretch of the trail was not due to open until 5:30 but even as I got up in the pitch black groups were descending the path behind our site using their head torches. We went through our morning ritual, with the porters quickly taking down the tents and packing everything up ... 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