Aguas Calientes, Peru

Inca Trail - Day Three

A lot of down! The final pass is a mere 80m higher than the morning´s camp site, and then it´s down another 1000m for the rest of the day. A lot of sore knees creek down the steep staircase and I´m very glad I was talked into renting walking sticks, as the steps are also fairly...

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paco on October 27, 2009 from Aguas Calientes, Peru

from the travel blog: High-Altitude Peru

Inca Trail - Day Two

STAIR-MASTER-5000 We are awakened by our guide who gives us tea to enjoy in our tents, but we then have to quickly pack up before breakfast and we hear what´s ahead of us for the day. Not one, but two passes, both above 4000m elevation! The sun is shining this morning and we head to...

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paco on October 26, 2009 from Aguas Calientes, Peru

from the travel blog: High-Altitude Peru

Inca Trail - Day One

We start the day waking up at 4:00am to meet up with the crew at Llama Path who put us on a bus and hit the road for a two-hour drive to Piscacucho where we have breakfast and start off on the trail. We check out some of the ruins across the river and some more again when cresting the...

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paco on October 25, 2009 from Aguas Calientes, Peru

from the travel blog: High-Altitude Peru

The Inca Trail & Machu Picchu

Trekking the Inca trail – like my trip to the Galapagos – is another hard-to-describe experience. It started early (5am) but I seem to be getting used to these early morning wake up calls. I was fairly rested by this stage anyway, as I'd been in Cusco a few nights. I'd needed to chill out after...

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Sam_C on October 19, 2009 from Aguas Calientes, Peru

from the travel blog: Epic Detour

Bout Time I Made it to Machu Pichu!

After another entire day of traveling by bus through mountain passes, along steep turns with no guard railing I made it to a place called Santa Teresa. From Santa Teresa I hoped in a small mini bus with some Argentinian girls and some nieve, confused Lithiuanian women. For an hur straight we...

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kipmaddog on September 24, 2009 from Aguas Calientes, Peru

from the travel blog: adventures from down south

Machu Picchu

The final day of the Inca Trail was one of such heightened emotions and vivid, surreal moments that I know I will never, ever forget it. We woke at 3.15am and quickly stuffed ourselves with a pancake before making our way to a checkpoint. The large wooden gates were closed and would not be open...

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steve_stamp on July 8, 2009 from Aguas Calientes, Peru

from the travel blog: The art of being lost

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