 | The Lost City of The Children of the Sun
2009-09-09, Machu Picchu, Peru. By: travelalex | | Leaving La Paz was a hard thing to do; I’d become accustomed to going to the Rover every night, but onto Peru I trucked and how wonderful my short time in this wonderful country was. I arrived in the... |
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 | Machu Picchu
2009-06-09, Machu Picchu, Peru. By: rossnkaren | | Dreams CAN come true!
I am so so so so so so so so HAPPY!! I have finally reached my goal of walking the Inca trail to Machu Picchu.
We were a little nervous starting the trail to Machu Picchu. ... |
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 | The citadel...
2009-05-13, Machu Picchu, Peru. By: HINKS133 | | I will not go into the history of this site but you can click on the link below to read about that yourself. I assume everyone has heard of Machu Picchu and has some inkling as to why it is so famous... |
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 | Machu Picchu
2009-05-01, Machu Picchu, Peru. By: allyssaa | | We stayed in Aguas Calientes and visited Machu Picchu. It was a cute little town but it was extremely touristy. Machu Picchu is amazing. I loved it. There were a ton of stairs to climb at Machu Picchu... |
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 | Machu Picchu: from sunrise to sunset
2008-05-04, Machu Picchu, Peru. By: haroula | | We took a train from Ollantaytambo yesterday evening to Aguas Calientes. I would like to add that out of all the ruins we have seen on our trip (and we crammed a lot in 3 weeks!!) the ruins in Ollanta... |
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 | No Brakes!!!
2007-12-20, Machu Picchu, Peru. By: clair2amy | | After 2 days of shopping in Cuzco we headed out on the bus for the start of our 4 day jungle tour. Day one was biking downhill so clair was really excited he he...Met our tour guide Alex who spoke les... |
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 | Amazing
2006-07-04, Machu Picchu, Peru. By: Aenglish84 | | We arrive Machu Picchu. Something that cannot be described in words. Truly breath taking!! The clouds rolled in and this made us feel like we were in heaven. As the sunrose we began to see the light s... |
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 | Machu Picchu trek
2007-05-03, Machu Picchu, Peru. By: deadeven | | the 4 days, 3 nights trek to Machu Picchu was fantastic! although i must confess that being at Machu Picchu was anticlimatic. i was so tired from all the walking and early wakeups that all i could d... |
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 | Inca Trail done and dusted
2007-04-12, Machu Picchu, Peru. By: ezza | | Hi all. Just to let you know I survived the Inca Trail, horray! It wasn´t as bad as I thought and I made it in really good time. Our tour group beat the porters to the camp site everyday. We were ... |
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 | ponchos in the mist
2007-03-20, machu picchu, Peru. By: vorn | | well possibly aparts from a gorgeous young ski instructor, walking the inca trail was probably at the top of my ´pros´ list when considering staying on the truck up to lima. it did have its moments bu... |
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 | Inca Trail
2007-03-27, Machu Picchu, Peru. By: jess | | Okay… the Inca Trail. La Camina Inka. The big finale. It was amazing, of course I kind of like walking and am sort of a glutton for punishment. It was great. We had two Irish girls, a German co... |
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 | Losing My Footing
2006-09-28, Machu Picchu, Peru. By: sauntering | | Why would they choose to live in such an elevated place with no direct access to water? How did they bring those stones here? What were their lives like? I'm standing at what could be the pinnacle ... |
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 | The Inka Trail and Machu Picchu
2006-08-07, Machu Picchu, Peru. By: kieron | | The trek began at 5.20 in the morning, we were all collected at our respective hostels by the “Peru Treks and Adventures” bus (shameless plug – they were amazing!), and we all tried to scrounge anothe... |
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 | The Lost City
2006-07-24, Machu Picchu, Peru. By: mishiva | | The rooster crowed before we could open our eyes; its cry piercing the peace of our cotton candy dreams. Getting dressed in semi-darkness and with semi-opened eyes, toes curled and fingers shivered in... |
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 | The Inca Trail
2005-10-31, Machu Picchu, Peru. By: janinemo | | The Inca trail has definitely been one of the big highlights of our trip. We were picked up from our hotel at 7:00 (we were told they would be there between 6:00 and 6:30, but that´s Peruvian time fo... |
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 | Macchu Piccu: FINALLY!
2005-11-07, Machu Picchu, Peru. By: MPopp | | Up this morning at 4am to line up at the gate to get into Macchu Piccu. We still had 2 hours of hiking to go and they didn´t open the gate until 5:30. I was in a lot of pain but, running on adrenali... |
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 | Day 3 of Inca Trail
2005-11-06, Machu Picchu, Peru. By: MPopp | | I woke up a little sore, mostly my knee from the downhill. I had no idea what I was in store for today though!
We were walking by 6:15 am, uphill, of course. After an hour, we stopped at the ruin... |
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 | Day 2 of Inca Trail
2005-11-05, Machu Picchu, Peru. By: MPopp | | November 5: Day 2 of Inca Trail
Was awakened this morning by the turkey, dog and rooster choir outside my tent at 5am. I thought, ¨Wouldn´t turkey make a nice meal tonight?¨ as I rolled out of b... |
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 | Day 1 of Inca Trail
2005-11-04, Machu Picchu, Peru. By: MPopp | | November 4: Day 1 of Inca Trail
We woke up this morning at 5:15 to get ready to leave at 6 am for Ollantaytambo (which is pronounced just as it looks) and is the start of the Inca Trail known as ... |
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 | Ripped off at Macchu Pichu
2005-04-25, Machu Picchu, Peru. By: richardxau | | It was only 32 minutes to Cusco where my travel agent was waiting for me to take me to my hotel.
In his car he told me.
"The government says there is there is no water in the vicinity of your ho... |
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 | Inca Trail 4 day hike
2005-01-30, Machu Picchu, Peru. By: mynewlife | | The answer to the previous question if the Inca Trail was worth it is YEEEEEEES - Although its an agonizing 4 days of walking the experience is once in a lifetime. There are various kinds of animals... |
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 | Hiking the Inca Trail
2004-12-25, Machu Picchu, Peru. By: empathy | | Machu Pichu
We hiked the Inca trail. We started on Christmas morning. There are hundreds of tourists everyday hiking this trail, and now is the slowest time of the year. During the busy season of J... |
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 | Machu Picchu!! Nuf Sed...
2004-06-12, Machu Picchu, Peru. By: David2004 | | Well, well what can I say.. I could sit here and bore you with the historical facts of Machu Picchu, the historical Incan town, easily the greatest archaeological site on the continent and the most ma... |
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 | Machu Picchu
2002-10-10, Machu Picchu, Peru. By: kyt | | Lost City of the Incas. Worth every step to get there. |
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 | Inka Trail
2002-10-09, Machu Picchu, Peru. By: kyt | | 4 days. 28 miles. 2 high mountain passes (max 13,776). Unforgettable views & experience. |
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 | Inca Ruins
2002-07-12, Machu Picchu, Peru. By: aditi | | Two more drinks I forgot to write about - chica morada (a kind of fruit corn drink, its really good.. and dont say chichi because that means boob) and inca kola (the local answer to coke. it smells a ... |
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