Libertador Tambo Del Inca Urubamba

... Picchu at the Frankfurt airport. We just knew that almost everyone treks to the Lost City, so we had to do that, too! There are various treks leading to Machu Picchu and we decided to do the famous 5-day-Salkantay Trek which was named among the 25 best Treks in the World by National Geographic Adventure Travel Magazine. Connecting the city of Mollepata near Cusco with the Inca city, the Salkantay Trek is an ancient and remote footpath where massive ...

... like about 30 degrees celsius.<br><br>Winding dusty paths lead us through dry and barren rocky mountains, through shrubs and overhanging wiry trees while the sun beats down at our backs. We come to a well needed water stop while we all introduce ourselves to each other.Apparently they´re not all Americans but a few Australians, and a Kiwi mixed in too. Seem like a nice enough bunch but too early to form conclusions.<br><br>A further dusty slog through ever ...

... br>The first day&#8217;s walk was pretty easy. A gentle incline that led us to our lunch stop at an Inca settlement called Q&#8217;entimarka. Aldo, our main guide, claimed that it was constructed in the shape of the foot of a panther but you needed a pretty good imagination to suppose that was the purpose as it seemed to me to be a standard defensive rampart. We were to learn that everything Inca, according to the guides, was built in the shape of some animal, object or deity that was ...

... exhausted now! After a rest we then walked through the ruins going against the grain of the masses of crowds. It wasnt until all the people started to leave that we really started to appreciate the beauty of this place. Looking high from the other side of the ruins, we sat for about 2 hours just taking it all in. It was great, what an amazing place! aaahh!!!

... ever had. I got veggie curry. Yum. We walked around town for a while, bought some pastries for breakfast, and took a taxi home. Arranged a horseback ride for the next morning. Will found several huge spiders in the room and we spent most of the night planning how to get rid of them. We couldn't tell if they were brown recluses or wolf spiders. We also got to make a fire in our fireplace in our room. That was fun. <br>

The Sacred Valley is beautiful! Let's just get that out of the way first. It is truly gorgeous. Mountains on all sides, a river running through the base, green hills all around, amazing flowers growing wild - I know why the Incas loved it so much!<br><br>Last night Amy and I went to dinner at a restaurant in the local town recommended by the hotel. It was also recommended by people online during my trip research so I figured it was a safe bet. It turned out to be ...

... We got there at night, and it was frightening to see the moon reflect off of the shear cliffs. It was as if there was a monster standing right there in front of you, and you didn&#8217;t notice it until it was on top of you. My travel partner, wanted to go to Ururbamba for a rave that was happening all night. It was supposed to be in celebration of the winter solstice, the same night as the famous Inti de Raymi party here in cusco, where they re-enacted ancient ...

knowing we only have a set number of weeks now, we are flying through places, and arriving one day, seeing things, and moving on again asap. after bartering for a room, lukey catches up with some footie on the tv, then we head out to check out this little village. not as pretty as pisac, its obviously bigger and perhaps doesnt get as many tourists. it does its job though and we have a meal, and are ...

... also named Erin) and the kids at Calico street during the week and were showing them to us. When the teacher arrived she handed out paper to the rest of the kids and they all wrote letters. We found out that one kid did receive Erin´s package and letter. His name is Cristian and I took a picture with him and his letter back to Erin. Erin: I got to read the letter you sent. The kids down here love Alpaco. They beg Jose to get him ...

... Condor, Juan, also met us and we set off to the mountain, this time part of a slightly larger group. You can climb the mountain, but we rode a bus and do not regret it a bit. At the top our guide took us up a trail that had us all gasping for breath at times. Joyce had it especially bad with her lung problems, but we were able to stop and recover when we needed it and she made it to the top. With what we saw she was very happy she pressed on.<br><br>We spent several hours ...