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Travel Inspiration – Inspired by Peru
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 3 February 2012
I was on the phone with one of my best friends. She had just found out the news that she had been selected to lead a research and development team in Peru for 6 months. After my congratulations I just blurted out, “I’m going to visit you”.
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Photo of the Week: Llamas at Machu Picchu
Blog: Never Ending Voyage - 29 January 2012
To celebrate the launch of our free ebook South America Highlights this week’s Photo of the Week is back from our time in Peru. The presence of llamas at the ancient Incan citadel Machu Picchu is a classic South American image.
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Solo Travel Destination: Machu Picchu, Peru
Blog: Solo Traveler - 24 January 2012
This Solo Travel Society member fulfilled a longstanding travel dream, quitting her job and traveling to Peru to take in the breathtaking Machu Picchu.
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Machu Picchu and the Land of the Incas
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 13 January 2012
Peru was one of those destinations that completely astounded Dave and I.There was no way we were going to miss seeing Machu Picchu and since we only had two weeks in the country, we made a beeline to the star attraction.
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A Fellowship in Photos (Part 2)
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 4 January 2012
By Kate Bennett, KF15 Ecuador / KF16 Perú After my first placement in Ecuador, I thought I knew living and working in South America- three months in Ica, Perú proved me wrong. New (and delicious) food, a drastically different (and drier) climate, and wonderful new friends, coworkers, and chicha-vending Kiva borrowers showed me another side [...]
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The Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu
Blog: GoBackpacking - 2 January 2012
he highlight of the 4-day Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu is the opportunity to walk in the shadow of the snow-capped Salkantay Mountain (6,264 meters). Unlike the classic 3-day Inca Trail trek, which requires you book a spot at least 5-6 weeks in advance (in the low season), the Salkantay Trek can be booked in Cusco [...]
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The backpack diaries – our top ten South American experiences
Blog: Chronicles of a year-long break-up - 21 December 2011
So this post is a little late – over a year late to be precise – but that’s okay because we still remember every miniscule detail of the trip as if it was yesterday. We’re determined to get back on the blogging horse and we have a few great European posts up our sleeves for [...]
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Flora of Machu Picchu
Blog: Two Backpackers - 23 August 2011
During our Salkantay trek to Machu Picchu we encountered some of the most beautiful flora we have seen during all our travels in South America. Many of the flowers are orchids, since Peru has thousands of species of them. Plants and Flowers of Machu Picchu I did my best to look up all the flora [...]
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Discover Inca Secrets in Peru
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 20 July 2011
100 years ago, Hiram Bingham rediscovered the lost Inca City of Machu Picchu and almost instantaneously he and National Geographic magazine moved this Wonder of the New World into top spot on everyone’s “must do” travel list. How would you like to make discoveries of your own in Peru? Projects Abroad sponsors the Inca Project, [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library To comment on this post or search for related information, click on the link to A Traveler's Library.
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Machu Picchu: 100 Years
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 18 July 2011
Destination: Peru Book: Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time (NEW: June 2011) by Mark Adams I’m celebrating the anniversary of the rediscovery of Machu Picchu this week, although for some reason the Peruvian government jumped the gun and celebrated early–on July 8. Sometimes I really love this job. [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library To comment on this post or search for related information, click on the link to A Traveler's Library.
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An Unseen Side of Machu Picchu: La Gran Caverna or Templo de la Luna
Blog: The Brink of Something Else - 24 June 2011
With 2,500 people trampling over its manicured lawns and shooing its herd of chilled-out llamas into the optimally photogenic pose, finding an unseen corner of Machu Picchu seems impossible. And it is: almost. But there is one corner you can slip away into, if you have the time and energy. You won’t see an incredible [...]
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Machu Picchu – How to Get There
Blog: Viva Latin America! - 19 January 2011
Undoubtedly the reason that 99% of travellers visit Cusco is as a stop off toward Machu Picchu. If you haven’t already booked yourself onto an Inca Trail the fun is trying to work out how you are going to get to Aguas Calientes, the jumping-off town for getting to the famed site. There is a [...]
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Overrated Tourist Attractions
Blog: Never Ending Voyage - 11 January 2011
Films When I sat down one idle Saturday to watch Primer, I wasn’t expecting anything. I remember reading someone on Twitter going on about it, but I didn’t put much stock in his opinion cause, you know, Twitter.
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Machu Picchu Pictures
Blog: Two Backpackers - 10 January 2011
The Inca ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru is perhaps one of the most spectacular sites you can visit in South America. From the complexity of building the city on top of a mountain ridge surrounded by mountains, to the unbelievable story of how it remained intact and untouched for hundreds of years all contribute [...]
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Bewildered in Machu Picchu
Blog: MuseumChick - 11 December 2010
This man still gives me nightmares. Two years ago I was hiking in the Andes for the holidays. On the train to Machu Picchu, this festive sock headed man was on the train from Cusco to Agua Calientes. In New York City if a man is on a train wearing a sock mask you should [...]
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Photo of the Week: Machu Picchu
Blog: Never Ending Voyage - 28 November 2010
Last week we featured a photo of Machu Picchu taken from the top of Wayna Picchu (the mountain in the background). Here’s a closer view of the Incan citadel.
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Photo of the Week: Machu Picchu from Wayna Picchu
Blog: Never Ending Voyage - 21 November 2010
The view of Machu Picchu from the top of the mountain Wayna Picchu was the highlight of our visit to the famous Inca citadel. Only 400 people a day are allowed to climb up so we had to queue at 4.30am to be on one of the first buses at 5.30am from Aguas Calientes.
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Machu Picchu, Peru; Snapshot Sunday
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 17 October 2010
It doesn't matter how many places you have been before, or how many spectacular sights you have seen, until you step foot on Machu Picchu, you always feel that you are missing something in your repertoire of travels. Machu Piccu didn't disappoint. It lived up to the hype as one of the great ruins of the world. Perched high in the mountains, this ancient Incan city is a still a mystery today. At 2340 metres (7970 feet) it terraced walls plunge into the deep valleys below. How was this marvel of engineering made?
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The road to ruins. Lares to Machu Picchu, Peru
Blog: Chronicles of a year-long break-up - 15 September 2010
There are a handful of moments on this trip that I know I will remember forever. Walking the Great Wall of China; taking my first breath underwater; watching the sunrise over Angkor Wat; and trying to decipher the curve of the earth in Salar de Uyuni for start. Now I have another snapshot to add [...]
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Day 139: End of the Road - Latin America
Blog: Diaries of a Vagabonding Couple - 30 June 2010
Rio de Janeiro seen from Corcovado - the world's most jaw droppingly gorgeous city This is it. Our journey in Latin America has come to an epic end. Who would have thought we’d travel through Central and South America by land, with only a hopping flight between the two. We’ve clocked 450 hours of bus and boat time, covered 28,000 kilometers of gravel, dirt and asphalt (3 times the flying
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A New Member of Kevin’s Top Three
Blog: No Hurry Curry - 27 May 2010
5/18/10: Inca Trail, Peru For a plethora of reasons, today might have been the most anticipated day of the trip. No other place on our itinerary required such a combination of time, effort, money and intestinal fortitude just in order to get a glimpse of it as did Machu Picchu. Sure, we hiked further and [...]
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Machu Picchu – Take A Torch. And Bug Repellent. And Sun Cream.
Blog: Viva Latin America! - 29 April 2010
The long walk up to Machu Picchu. Oh wow, was that more of a mission than I ever imagined, or what. It’s funny; when planning out the Machu Picchu trip this aspect of it never really crossed my brain for more than a few fleeting seconds. It was of less importance than getting to Aguas [...]
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第七十六天：天空之城
Blog: Diaries of a Vagabonding Couple - 28 April 2010
我們終於來到馬丘比丘，破曉時分進場看到吞雲吐霧的空中城堡，我只可以說她美得不著邊際，很 surreal. 我和黃G 有點被她的震撼攝呆了 -- 背靠兩座山、東西兩邊的山下都以河川相伴，而且城鎮規劃井井有條；由城門開始，沿途有廟宇、祭祀的浴場、皇宮、廣場、天文台，遠處有坐西向東的民宿和收納戰俘的監牢，當然少不了綠油油的梯田讓以務農為主的印加族幹活。 印加城外的梯田 我們從高處遠眺下去，這躲在雲海中的天空之城隨著日出而被層層揭開，我們逐漸看到其神祕面紗背後的真身 -- 太了不起了！不愧為新七大奇景！聽說印加皇帝千挑萬選才決定在這裡建城，我和黃G 不禁驚嘆古人的智慧和才幹！在 2,400 米的荒蕪高山上大興土木，談何容易？！ 還有那條守城橋！古人是怎樣在那岌岌可危的懸崖峭壁上修路再起橋呢？單是望下去已讓我發軟！我自言自語印加皇帝除了有遠見有謀略外，其人民亦勇氣可嘉。
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Day 76: City of Heaven - Machu Picchu
Blog: Diaries of a Vagabonding Couple - 27 April 2010
After 15,500 kms and 76 days of travel, we finally made it to one of our most anticipated destinations - Machu Picchu, 'lost' city of the Incas. We arrived a day late for KF's bday... By 0500, there was already a long line waiting for the first bus up to MP. We got on the 7th bus for the 0530 departure, making us the 200th or so in line! The uphill ride took about 20 minutes but felt like
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Cusco To Machu Picchu – The Cheap Way Is A Mission
Blog: Viva Latin America! - 26 April 2010
There have been many vague and brief descriptions of the “cheap” way to make it to Machu Picchu, but I haven’t come across a properly detailed one yet, so here we go; maybe this will help others who really can’t afford the US$90 train. Step 1: Get the Quillabamba bus from Santiago terminal in Cusco. [...]
