Peru - Part One


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October 24th 2003
Published: May 20th 2010
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Peru - 3 Months I flew from San Jose back to the Uk for 2 weeks and then straight to Lima, Peru. A night in Lima then a 23 hour bus ride to arrive in Cuzco. We spent a few days here visiting the local ruins and enjoying the facilities in Cuzco to acclimatize to the altitude, the Sacsayhuamán ruins were particularly impressive. We left Cuzco, for the Inca trail start, at midnight due to... Read Full Entry



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Huaytapallana Glacier

Some people living on the side of the mountain
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Huaytapallana Glacier

Tito our guide - we gave cigarettes to Apu, god of the mountain or something similar
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Huaytapallana Glacier

Climbing on to it with rope
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Huaytapallana Glacier

Amazing scenery - lakes, and ice-covered mountains
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Huaytapallana Glacier

We walked up and sledged down
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Huancayo

A traditional dinner at a friends house
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Huancayo

Quality name
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Huancayo

A family invited me to their self-built house...
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Huancayo

...they built it pretty well
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Huancayo

Beautiful people
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Huancayo

I visited a school
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Huancayo

and I met some children
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Lima

The main plaza
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Lima

A religous parade
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Lima

Important people hiding behind guards
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Chavin de Huantar

Set in a great location
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Chavin de Huantar

Some ruins near huaraz
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Huayhuash Trek

We hiked up
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...and met these fellas



24th February 2011
Machu Pichu

Memories
I did the Inca trail twice. Nice to see Machu again.

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