Arco Iris Del Puente Lodge
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One of the main reasons for visiting Peru.
... and we were able to see the site which is spectacular from up high. We continued to walk around for a few hours then headed back down which was horrible the 2000 steps wind down the mountain and the impact on my knees was horrible and my legs were shaking for ages after. Once back in town we found a restaurant and had some food and just chilled out and waited for our train then bus back to Cusco. Had a good few days. Back in Cusco we met up with Caitlin and Tom.
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Machu Picchu
... the view from above were so worthwhile, because there was ************e walking around the ruins at this stage and you feel like you have just discovered it yourself. We decided to have a well-deserved breakfast as we recovered our breath and my face returned back to normal colour after looking like a tomato! Seriously, that hike up this morning was one big cardio workout... Now we understand why people opt for the bus instead to get them to Machu Picchu entrance. We took lots more ...
Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
... to make them sturdy during earth quakes and we were told this technology is still used today. The Incas also made terraces and the idea is that they face the east with the sun during the day and the rocks on the terraces absorb the heat so that even at altitude when it is very cold at night you can still grow crops.
The day finished at a town ...
One trek to rule them all, one trek to find them..
... Then when our embarrassingly flirtacious Hostess (who may or may not have been drunk), substituted our wake up call with a continued high decibel blast from "popular" recording artist Adelle. I was sure we were trapped on some kind of moloko driven Clockwork Orange brainwashing experiment. Abruptly awoken, we stared at eachother in desbelief as she sang on and on and on... Our disbelief and rage grew in our groggy heads as we could hardly ...
Day 2: Coca Leaves and Black Stuff
... increases the potency of the coca leaves. We're not too sure what the black stuff is exactly (and probably best not to know!) but at this stage we'd have taken anything to get us up to the mountain so we took a handful of coca leaves and a pinch of black stuff and off we went.
Well this stuff certainly worked as we took off up the mountain like a bunch of speedy gonzales! There was to be a break after about 30 minutes of hiking at a little clearing, but we were all so ...
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