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Mon, 15 Nov 2010 | By meghan | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 15 Nov 2010 | By meghan | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 15 Nov 2010 | By meghan | Views [522]
Like I said before, I am totally losing track of days... Thankfully, my watch shows days of the week, which is sort of helping. It's great though. Really great. Weekends and weekdays are no different. Sometimes we notice that a town is busier, ... Read more >
Mon, 15 Nov 2010 | By richardlee | Views [412]
The Trek to Macchu Picchu. It has to be my highlight to date. Tough, challenging but with the best group I could ever have hoped for. I have to admit the Inkas also contributed somewhat to the total amazement I found myself in about 50 times per day.... Read more >
Sun, 14 Nov 2010 | By richardlee | Views [357]
With a couple of days to kill in Cusco before i set off on a 4 day trek to Macchu Picchu, I decided to take it easy, and head round Cusco´s Inka sites on horseback. I was joined by two Belgians, who arrived late, so I was left with a 12 yr old boy on ... Read more >
Fri, 12 Nov 2010 | By kalamina | Views [714]
Amy and I met up with April in Baños Monday night after a fun bus ride through the mountains and along the river. April had been hanging out with a French chick and 2 American guys whilst staying at Baños and I think she had a really good time there ... Read more >
Thu, 11 Nov 2010 | By meghan | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 10 Nov 2010 | By meghan | Views [628] | Comments [2]
Early Monday morning (I think... days are slipping away from me) we headed out of Cusco by bus to Puno, the main Peruvian city on the shores of Lake Titicaca. Lake Titicaca is considered the largest high altitude lake in the world. Puno is described ... Read more >
Wed, 10 Nov 2010 | By meghan | Views [988]
Day 3: The third day of the trek contains the second and third passes, as such, for much of the day you're still at a high altitude, going up a bit and down a bit, but never as steep as Day Two. Much of this day follows the original Incan road ... Read more >
Wed, 10 Nov 2010 | By meghan | Views [705] | Comments [1]
Some background: The Inka Trail is a 45 k, four day-three night hike that climbs over three mountain passes, follows sections of an original paved Incan road, and concludes on the fourth morning at the Sun Gate overlooking the ruins of Machu Picchu.... Read more >
Tue, 9 Nov 2010 | By globetrottingwanabees | Views [440]
Took the collectivo into Pisac on Sunday..huge market. great way to spend an afternoon but I think I'll never get used to the bus manouvering hair pin curves with nothing but a few meters between the pavement and a 1200 meter drop to the valley floor.... Read more >
Sun, 7 Nov 2010 | By meghan | Views [317]
Just wanted to let everyone know that we made it back safely from our hike on the Inka Trail to Machu Picchu. It was a difficult and rewarding trek with a great company and guide, a great group of other hikers, and unbelievably perfect weather the entire ... Read more >
Wed, 3 Nov 2010 | By richardlee | Views [417] | Comments [1]
7am arrival at the rafting place. Luckily, the company I booked with, which i subsequently discovered had an awful reputation, didnt have enough people to run a trip, so they put me into another companies. Relieved, i boarded the bus with the other ... Read more >
Tue, 2 Nov 2010 | By meghan | Views [621] | Comments [7]
Well, friends, to be honest, life in Cusco has been a little rough. But we leave on the Inca Trail bright and early tomorrow, so let us consider that a positive at the moment. [Assumed Editor's Note from my Mother: Please remember as you're reading ... Read more >
Sun, 31 Oct 2010 | By richardlee | Views [514] | Comments [1]
Flying into Cusco and making it to the Pariwana Hostel was pretty straight forward. An old nobles house with a central square and all the rooms on the first floor looking in on the internal garden. I had been put in with 5 israeli guys, who were all ... Read more >
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