top rated photo tagged 'natural wonder' in Machu Picchu
photo by Viracocha
So... the day that I had been dreading. The start of the Inca trek. At six in the morning we were picked up from our hostel, as others were just getting bcak from a night out! We got on our bus and ...
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The Hills Are Alive  (Mar 28 '07)
As you are aware by now, I haven´t been able to shut my mouth about the Inca Trail since I decided to travel through SA. I know that some of you have contemplated getting a welder in to weld my chops ...
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Inca Trail to Machu Picchu  (Sep 30 '06)
Well just like everything else in South America the early organisation of our trail was a bit of a shambles, the company we booked through couldn't tell us what we needed to bring and then wanted to ...
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Jungle trek to Machu Picchu  (Aug 06 '06)
Before I go into a frightfully long narrative on the jungle trek, let me get out an important piece of advice for any folks planning to travel to Peru, especially those who want to hike the famed ...
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Left Cuzco and headed just outside to Sacsayhuaman (pronounced Sexy Woman), an Inca site overlooking Cuzco.  The site has zigzag walls thought to signify a puma´s teeth and was a fort overlooking the ...
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When Jan and I decided to go to South America each of us had a destination in mind that stood out from the rest. For me it was the jungle. For Jan it was Machu Picchu. I reminded him of this the day ...
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The highlight of our trip  (Dec 28 '05)
Ok, we were so eagerly looking forward to visiting Machupicchu - the untouched Inka city.  The Spaniards never found this city, and it was (re)discovered by a US historian, Hiram Bingham in 1911 with ...
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I will survive....!  (Jul 06 '06)
No one in their right mind should be awake at 4:30am... We had to be at the tour operators (SAS) office at 5:45, so an early start for us. Little did we know that this was just the begining. Afte ...
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The Inca Trail (Peru)  (Oct 01 '06)
So D-day arrived, and it was finally time to do the infamous Inca Trail which I is one of the main reasons that I came to South America. I was looking forward to it and dreading it at the same time, ...
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Machu Picchu!  (Jan 03 '06)
""City in the clouds""
3.1.06 Got the main plaza and met with Katie & Jude. We eventually got to Machu Picchu at a bout 6.15am, when there were very few people there. IT WAS ABSOLUTELY ...
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