Apu Salkantay and the Inca Trail


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April 20th 2009
Published: May 31st 2009
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Pop Quiz.....What was the name of the last Inca? (Ans at the end of the blog!) Well Gordon had this bright idea that the 4 day hike up and over 3 peaks, to a height of 4200m was not challenging enough...so we chose a route that added on 3 days and another peak, this time of 5100m. Having spent 3 weeks pottering artound at altitude and struggling to walk up a 5 minute hill in La Paz we weren´t s... Read Full Entry



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