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Machu Picchu Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Machu Picchu, Peru
Machu Picchu
... war und die erste Gruppe von 200 Leuten von oben runter kam. Belohnt wurden wir jedoch mit einem atemberaubenden Ausblick aud Machu Picchu und die Umbegung wobei selbst das Wetter mitgespielt hat und uns keine Wolken die Sicht verdeckt haben. Wir haben ...
Finally the trek and the infamous DAY 2!!
... Picchu. Machu Picchu - Just a half hour walk down from the sun gate and you are in Machu Picchu. It is beautiful and the stories of the Incans are amazing but having trekked there on old Incan routes makes it all a ...
Machu Picchu
... I ended up going back to Machu Picchu the following day to see everything I missed. I also hiked Wynapicchu mountain that overlooks Machu Picchu....like I didn't do enough hiking already! There is another site on the mountain and it has a great view of ...
Machu Picchu, in which Briget and Barbara are best
... ended up sitting up right at the very top of the mountain, perched on giant boulders, with most INCREDIBLE views down onto Machu Picchu and the surrounding valley. The sun was just rising and the most amazing thing was that no ...
Second round with Machu Picchu
... 't be many me in today's pics. The goal for today was to hike to the sun gate, see the inca bridge and hike the Machu Picchu Mountain. I did all three though I was coughing the entire time. It turned out my free green poncho that I got from Alaaska last ...
The remains of the Incan Empire
We here it is.............one of the biggest reasons to visit Peru (because it is certainly not for the countries public transportation!) The famous ruins left behind by the Incan Empire. An incredible place we spent all day taking in the views and lots ...
Itsa depend how excellent you walk.
... koncentrere sig. Dag 3. 10 timers vandretur. Foerst besteg vi et bjerg, hvor vi fra toppen havde udsigt til inkariget Machu Picchu. Nedstigning af bjerget. Lang flad gaatur, der gik forbi et vandfald. Slappede af paa en restaurant, der havde ...
Machu Picchu-The Lost City Of The Incas
... people or the spiritual center of the "virgins of the sun," while curators of a recent exhibit have speculated that Machu Picchu was a royal retreat. Regardless, the presence of numerous temples and ritual structures proves that Machu Picchu held ...
Merry Christmas from the Machu Picchu
... Picchu, wo wir von unserem Guide eine Fuehrung durch die Staette bekamen. Inzwischen war alles voller Tagestouristen, dennoch war der Machu Picchu und die Geschichte dahinter sehr interessant. Nach der Fuehrung bin ich mit Ben, Ina und Martin noch etwas ...
New Years Pilgramage to Machu Picchu!
4 unimaginably tough days, 3 rather damp nights and Machu Picchu was found by a rather weary and footsore me! I always knew the trail was going to be tough but I didn't take into account the mental effort it would take as well as the incredible physical ...
Inca Trail
... Urban Sector is split into East and West sectors, separated by wide plazas." "According to archaeologists, the urban sector of Machu Picchu was divided into three great districts: the Sacred District, the Popular District to the south, and the District ...
Salkantay Trek and Machu Picchu
... . A few of us then decided to climb to the temple of the moon, a temple on a really steep hill, approximately 600m above Machu Pichu. It´s a little trail cut into a wall. The climb was worth it because the view was amazing. After that we left and waited ...
Day 4: The Great Push to Machu Picchu
... is the final obstacle before reaching Machu Picchu. From here we are blessed with SUPERB westher and beautiful sunshine illuminating Machu Picchu below. After some group photos, we begin our descent into the valley and within a couple of hours ...
Auf den Spuren der Inkas
... 2-tägiger Trip inklusive Busfahrt von Cusco nach Ollantaytambo, Zugfahrt von dort nach Aguas Calientes, Übernachtung dort sowie Eintritt für Machu Picchu selber und Führung kostet 165 Dollar. Günstiger wird schwierig, bis 170 Dollar ist okay. Wie ...
coco leaves are not drugs
... WyñayWayna in the early afternoon- this was a much more bustling campsite for it is the site all companies stay at before Machu Picchu including the 2 day companies- there is a hostel, a bar...and the best thing ever...HOT SHOWERS. Though it was a ...
Machu Picchu and pan pipe music
... No one could give us a good reason to do either so we turned up for 7am and took the bus up the hill! Arriving at 7am at Machu Picchu was still early enough to be one of the earliest thus allowing us to view it without the hordes that would turn up a bit ...
Part IV - Machu Pichu
... day broke in full we decided it was time to scamper through the city and head for Waynapichu, the mountain backdrop to Machu Pichu. This was an excellent idea for after another invigorating 300 meter climb of stairs, we found ourselves literally on top ...
Day 1 (or the 2nd longest day of my life)
I know a lot of words in Spanish but i'm not very good when it comes to complete and correct sentences so I bought a book in Cuzco to help me grammar and conjugating verbs which is proving to be useful and worth the money. The best ...
Machu Picchu
Today I went to Machu Picchu. What else can I say? One of the new Seven Wonders of the World. It was a moment I have been waiting for for a long time. The site was amazing and although I was in awe I felt ...
We complete our quest
... , a tough climb up steep rugged stone steps and a couple of wooden ladders. It was all worth it though - the views of Machu Picchu were incredible (I hadn't expected this, having just seen WP as a climbing challenge) and we all felt on top of the world ...
Die Inkas sind wahnsinnig!
Nun war es also soweit. Der Aufstieg nach Machu Picchu stand bevor. Teil 1 war ein eineinhalb stündiger Fußmarsch inkl. 400 Höhenmeter von Agua Calientes (dem Dorf unterhalb Machu Picchus) bis zum Eingang der Städte. Wir hätten auch den Bus für 8 ...
Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu
... up to the ruins, we were also lucky enough to take the hike further up to Wayna Picchu. The view from here was absolutely unforgettable, Machu Picchu will stay in my memory forever. In the afternoon we got the train back to meet the bikes and ride back to ...
Inka Trail
... the control to open. When it did and we got through it was a bit of a joke. It was almost like a race to Machu Picchu. People would block you from passing them even if they were walking slow, some people were getting hit with walking sticks while making ...
Con un año mas!
... hasta el Valle del Colca, uno de los cañones mas profundos del mundo (el segundo, aunque el mas profundo tambiene sta en peru). Alli nos hospedamos en una posada con vista al valle y nos la pasabamos yendo y viniendo de Chivay, el pueblito principal. ...
erster!
... wir aufzusteigen, trotz fehlender sonne wird es uns fuenf bald recht warm, aber wir hoffen, dass wir den sonnenaufgang auf machu pichu miterleben koennen. wir kommen tatsaechlich als allererste oben an, naja, nicht ganz, zehn sekunden vor uns erreicht ...
Treking the Inca Trails
We had an early start on our second day of the Inca Jungle trek. The day started with banana and chocolate pancakes at 6:30am followed by a 16K trek. The first hour was a pleasant walk along the river then we began to climb up the mountain. This was ...
The Machu Pichu Treck
Oh my god the hardest 4 days of our lives!!!! What a fantastic time in the Andes we pushed ourselves to the limit. · People went back down after the first night a combination of altitude sickness and just not physically capable of getting up ...