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Machu Picchu: Fact and Fiction
Blog: AlpacaSuitcase - 12 October 2009
Hiram Bingham III, the proto-typical Indiana Jones, discovered Machu Picchu in 1911.
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The Classic Inca Trail
Blog: AlpacaSuitcase - 10 October 2009
When Hiram Bingham re-discovered Machu Picchu in 1911, he noticed a road leading away from the lost ancient Inca citadel. In a May 1916 National Geographic article “Further Explorations in the Land of the Incas”, Bingham wrote, “Later we located part of an ancient road leading back from the city up the mountain side and across the face of one of the towering precipices on Machu Picchu Mountain.
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Seeing Machu Picchu (despite the clouds)
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 7 October 2009
It has been noted in the past that I can be somewhat…competitive, and the prospect of competing with two hundred other trekkers to get to Machu Picchu made me determined to beat them all. So despite a few two many beers the night before, Adrian & I found ourselves getting up at the ungodly hour of [...]
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The Inca Trail
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 5 October 2009
To think I wasn’t even going to do the Inca Trail orginally. I’d fallen into the trap of listening to too many other backpackers talk about how it’s too touristy, too expensive, and not even as good as the many alternatives such as the Salkantay Trail. Luckily, a comment from Gillian on this post started to [...]
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Machu Picchu
Blog: Felicity Sees... - 5 October 2009
The traditional Inka trail trek is so popular that you have to book a place several months in advance if you plan to do it. I didn't, so an alternative was always on the cards. I wasn't much up for gasping my way through thin air and days of leg burning hikes, so signed up instead for a different tour called 'Inka Jungle' which offered a bit more variation and a bit less exertion {well, supposedly}.
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Is Crying An Altitude Symptom? – Lares Trek
Blog: Around The World On The Toilet - 20 July 2009
January 2008 - This was a difficult trek. We opted to do the Lares trek rather than the Inca Trail as it’s much less traveled. Although this trek doesn’t take you directly to Machu Picchu, (you have to take a train from Ollantaytambo) it is a better option for people looking for a cultural [...]
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Peru. Checking off More of the Life List before we Kick the Bucket
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 12 June 2009
Last year a fantastic movie with Jack Nickleson and Morgan Freeman came out, and everyone jumped on the band wagon of making a “Bucket List.” I am glad that this started getting people to finally get out there and start living their lives. Now that we have crazy and more extreme ambitions and it is nice to visit places like Victoria Falls or Egypt, where we can tick a bunch items on our “bucket list” in one destination. That was what it was like when we visited Peru.
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What to do with 2 Weeks in Peru; Part 1
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 9 June 2009
When you don't have a lot of time, Peru can be a little overwhelming to try and travel through. It is a vast country with so much to see. Where do you start? Do you go to the Amazon Basin, check out Lake Titicaca in the far south or do you climb Cordillera Huayhuash? Having never been before, we decided to do what the tourists do, since we only had two weeks in Peru. How can we go all the way there, and not see Machu Picchu? It would be like missing the Pyramids while in Egypt.
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Our Favorite Ruins of the World
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 9 May 2009
We have been lucky enough to see some of the most magnificent sights on earth. The ones that always seem to amaze us the most are the incredible ruins and temples of the world.
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