Inca Trail and Machu Pichu(click on picture for more)
We did a one day, 8 mile hike to reach Machu Pichu. First half of our hike was up the side of a valley to reach the real inca trail. The 2nd half we hiked the last 4 miles of the real Inca trail (the full Inca Trail is 4 days worth of hiking). We left Cusco early and traveled by train to our trail head. We reached Machu Pichu in late afternoon and then took a bus down to the small town of (editor please?...) and stayed the night. The next day we bused back to Machu Pichu and spent he morning and part of the afternoon before busing back to town and hopping a train and bus to return back to Cusco.
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This is the trailhead and the sign pointing the way(Click to enlarge)
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This is the trailhead and the sign pointing the way
First views we saw were great!(Click to enlarge)
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First views we saw were great!
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IncaTrailRiverMtnView
Peru is littered with Incan Ruins! This ruins was within a mile of the trailhead(Click to enlarge)
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Peru is littered with Incan Ruins! This ruins was within a mile of the trailhead
There was a large dam for hydroelectric near Machu Pichu. This is where the maintenance folks for the dam stayed. Note they have their own, private incan ruins on the hill behind them. Also note that there are no roads in to them, only a railroad track. (Click to enlarge)
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There was a large dam for hydroelectric near Machu Pichu. This is where the maintenance folks for the dam stayed. Note they have their own, private incan ruins on the hill behind them. Also note that there are no roads in to them, only a railroad track.
It was a rainy day as you can tell by the colorful ponchos.(Click to enlarge)
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It was a rainy day as you can tell by the colorful ponchos.