Blogs from Inca Trail, Cusco, Peru, South America - page 43

This blog will be told more with pictures than words. Not because I'm tired of blogwriting, but because my entire week in Cuzco and on the Ican Trail was a visual experience. Cuzco is the mecca of gringo travel. Fleeced backpackers stroll through congested narrow streets searching for this or that shop recommended by Lonely Planet. Restaurant hostesses with their menus in hand swoop down on them like vultures on a recently deceased animal. Its nearly impossible to walk in a straight line without someone jumping in front of you, selling you some kind of special tour or alpaca mittens. ¨Restaurant. Yes. Food. Yes. You eat here. Yes. Promise me. Especial for you!¨Its enough to make even the most experienced traveler freak out. Despite this, the city is beautiful. Most of the building are built on ... read more

the inca trail finally came after the warm up walking in colca canyon. as you can see mixed weather but we both survived 4 days of walking uphill. unfortunately the camera didnt last to machu pichu and stopped working with the moisture.... read more

After a day in Cuzco, it was time to check in and have the pre trail briefing............Don´t think so! We went to the travel agent at the pre-arranged time only to find the office shut!! The only shut office on the street had to be ours, it wasn´t feeling too good! We had no idea where to get the bus the next morning, the tour agents didn´t have a clue whether we were still going etc. etc. We arrived at the office.......Open at last!....... at 7 the next morning, off we went at half past. We arrived at KM82, the designated starting point of the inca trail by late morning, after a good feed we were off, almost immediately, the beauty of the trail is apparent, the scenery and varied landscapes become more and more spectacular ... read more

Hey Well I successfully completed the Inka trail even though I felt pretty crap most of the way through!!! In total that is 50Km of trekking!! We went with a company called SAS which were really good, the guide Fredy was very funny! The most impressive thing had to be the amount of food they gave us, each meal was freshly prepared with at least 3 courses! Was pretty amazing considering that they only had a camping stove to use! It was all worthwhile, despite feeling crappy and tired most of the time i really enjoyed it. The first day of the trek is described to be the easy part and in all honesty it was quite gentle.... The scenery was impressive and once again it was nice to be outdoors with fresh mountain air. I ... read more

This was our longest day of hiking - over 10 miles. We started the day with a long climb up that seemed to wake everyone up. After about an hour, we reached the first pass of the day where we took the opportunity for some silly picture taking. After that, we descended on a series of Incan stone steps. And we went down, and down, and down, and down some more. There were a few ups (to a second pass), but it was all down. On one of the uphills, I was able to catch up to the Billy Goat. He's 15 like his twin sister. We chatted on a bunch of different topics mostly revolving around Scotland and how bad Mel Gibson's accent was in Braveheart. Also, at one stop along the way, I showed ... read more