Machu Picchu and the Inca Trail

South America » Peru » Cusco » Inca Trail
January 19th 2006

Published: January 22nd 2006

We had an amazing time on our 4 day trek along the Inca trail, seeing dozens of Inca ruins, amazing views, and meeting some great people. Hiking the Inca trail is basically like going on an expedition, as government rules require you to hire a guide and porters. They cook all your meals for you and basically tuck you in at night. The best part was getting coffee delivered to the tent each mor... Read Full Entry

Photos are below

Photos: 28, Displayed: 21

Group at Machu Picchu

We had a great group of people, including irish, english, australian, and 3 other americans, all from the bay area! Go figure.

First to Machu Picchu at 7am

here´s the quintisential shot. The only thing missing is the Llama. They actually do have Llamas roaming around the ruins for the tourists sake. Machu Picchu is basically in the rain forest and not the llamas preferred habitat. But hey, they make for good photos and they help mow the grass.

House with straw roof

Machu Picchu housed about 1000 inhabitants and has temples, terraces, houses and store rooms. Here, one of the houses was restored to show how the roof was constructed. They used a stiff alpine grass that grows higher in the mountains to thatch the roofs.

Residences and Terraces

Llama

You´ve gotta admit, they´re kind of cute.

Machu Picchu from Wayna Picchu

After lunch, we decided we hadn´t got quite enough of hiking, so we climbed Wayna Picchu, the steep peak over looking the ruins. It was a about a 1000ft climb of steep steps carved in to the mountain. The only safety measure was signing your name in a book before you climb up. not sure exactly what we were signing. Ah, South America.

Atop Wayna Picchu

At the tippy top.

22nd January 2006

Christophe
non-member comment

amazing pictures!
Everything sounds wonderful, keep on writting, I can't wait for the next entry! The pictures are amazing!

Tot: 0.075s; Tpl: 0.01s; cc: 14; qc: 54; dbt: 0.0457s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1.1mb

Do not copy images or text from this page without requesting and receiving permission. All rights are reserved by the author and photographer.

Contact Don Anair and Rebecca Sharkey (RandD) - a lack of a response does not mean that you have permission to use material from this page.

Machu Picchu and the Inca Trail

Copyright Notice: All Rights Reserved