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Still in Cusco

Second day in Cusco before the big day tomorrow. There will be no news the next 4 to 5 days because i will be on the inca trail (camino del inca) with the highlight: Machu Pichu. You can follow my theoretical progression in this trek using the following...

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thetourist on October 24, 2007 from Cusco, Peru

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3400

After a short flight, finally arrived in Cusco. You may wonder the title but Cusco is 3400 meter high. Still didn`t try the coca leaves tea but that may happen quite soon. The day was just for resting and visiting the main city and in the evening trying some typical peruvian food. Don`t ask me...

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thetourist on October 23, 2007 from Cusco, Peru

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Finally the first "no news"

Today was the "real" first day of holiday! After a short stop of 3 days in Buenos Aires, now I´m in Peru in Lima and leaving tomorrow morning for Cusco. As expected, it seems not easy to upload pictures so as soon as I find a good place, pictures will come. Today was anyway only for typical...

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thetourist on October 22, 2007 from Lima, Peru

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Trek in the second deepest canyon in the world!!

Helllllooooo!! So, after our adventures in Uyuni, we arrived in Arequipa, second biggest town in Peru. There we went on a three day tour to trek in the second deepest canyon in te world. We started by a long 5 hours bus ride to reach a village called Cabanaconde situated at the top of...

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agnesola on October 7, 2007 from Arequipa, Peru

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A white city, a brown town and Condors

After an overnight bus from Cusco we made it into Arequipa at around 530am!! We thought that we were to arrive at around 7, but we were early. We took a taxi to our hostel and were dumped on the street outside. After 5 minutes of ringing the door bell, we were feeling a little exposed and...

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chrishoorweg on September 20, 2007 from Arequipa, Peru

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Hopping on the Islands of the Lake Titicaca...

Hellooo everybody, We just came back from our trip to the islands of the lake Titicaca... Just for the little info, the lake Titicaca is the biggest highest lake in the world or the highest biggest lake... well, anyway, it is big and it is high (3820 meters above sea level)!!! We started...

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agnesola on September 19, 2007 from Puno, Peru

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Inca Trail Trek - Day 4

In the pitch black we packed up our things, had a quick breakfast, put our head lights on and started our final trek to Machupicchu. It didn´t take us long to reach the Sun Gate for Sunrise. Absolutely spectacular! We sat and watched the sun come up behind us and over Machupicchu mountain...

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chrishoorweg on September 15, 2007 from Machupicchu, Peru

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Cuzco/Machu Picchu

Yeah! We are in Cuzco and the Sacred Valley. The Town everyone comes to to see Machu Picchu. but more about that later... The bus ride from Lima was 22 hours, and since it was mountains around the road was very curvy so it was hard to sleep but we were rewarded with one of the most amazing...

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agnesola on September 15, 2007 from Cuzco, Peru

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Inca Trail Trek - Day 3

Again, our guide woke us with hot chocolate. We were in for an easy day of walking as we had done the hard part in the first 2 days. In total we walked only 5.5 hours before we stopped for lunch and set up camp for our 3rd night. Firstly we walked uphill to the ruins of Puyupatamarca ruins at...

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chrishoorweg on September 14, 2007 from Aguas Calientes, Peru

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Inca Trail Trek - Day 2

The day was off to a fine start when Solay brought hot chocolate to us in our tent. With a full belly of pancakes and porridge we set off uphill for 500m to the infamous ´Dead Woman´s pass´at 4215m. The push uphill from our camp was challenging but we made it in about 45 mins. It was rather...

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chrishoorweg on September 13, 2007 from Cusco, Peru

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