The Inca Trail

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13 - 18 October 2010

Inca Trail

Peru

13°18'S

72°15'W

2000 - 4215m ASL

Prologue - << Start here

Day 1 - From Jungle to Mountains

Gasping for Breath

The Briefing

Day 2 - Descendants of the Inca

Leaving Cuzco

Potatoes and Incan Descendants

Mountain Storm

Ollantaytambo

Day 3 - Walking Amongst the Giants

Where Porters buy their Equipment

The Gate and the Swingbridge

Cemetary

Ruins at the Bend

The First of many Standing Ovations

The Camp is just past the Bridge

Day 4 - Mountain Passes in the Clouds

Overnight Rain and Snow

Climb to the Top Camp

The Climb to Dead Woman Pass

At the Summit

Steep Descent to Lunch

The Storm

Ruins in the Clouds

Heavy Rain at the Campsite

Day 5 - Lost Cities of the Cloud Forest

I was up Early

The Inca Tunnel

Mountaintop Campsite

Ruins and Forests in the Sky

Campsite perched at the Edge of a Cliff

Forever Young

Farewell Dinner for the Porters

Day 6 - The City of Old Mountain

The Locked Gate

The Sungate

The Ultimate View and the Park Entrance

Tour around the City

We are down Here!

Residential area under the Mountain

Town at the Bottom of the Chasm

Return to Cusco

Epilogue

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