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Inca Trail : Day 2
Inca Trail Hike – Tales of my four day walk to discover Machu Picchu and the incredible Andes. Ayapata – Dead Woman’s Pass – Pacaymayu – Chaquicocha Wake up at 5.30am B’fast at 6.00am Start Trekking at 6.30am Arrive at camp at 6.00pm Distance Covered: 12km Elevation Change: 3300m – 4250m – 3600m above sea level Coca Tea An early rise and shine but it was helped along with the friendly porters giving a smiley ‘Buenas dias senorita’ and offering us a cup of hot coca tea in our tents. (Coca leaves and Coca tea apparently help with altitude sickness and gives you an energy boost. The leaves can be infused into a…
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Inca Trail : Day 3
End of day 3 Machu Picchu walk and we had to descend a ridiculous number of stairs to get to our camp site
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Inca Trail : Day 4
Inca Trail Hike – Tales of my four day walk to discover Machu Picchu and the incredible Andes. Winay Huayna – Machu Picchu – Aguas Calientes – Cusco Wake up: 3.00am Breakfast: 3:15am Leave camp: 3.25am At the check point: 3.30am Start final walk: 5.30am Arrive Machu Picchu: 8.15am Distance: 5.5 km’s Elevation change: 2680m – 2400m above sea level Well we got up early Mike was already out of his tent and it was being packed up when the rest of us got up. He apparently woke up at 12.30am and could not get back to sleep so was up since then! I don’t think anyone slept well. We were given a snack to take with us…
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Patagonia Trekking 2
El Chalten – Laguna de los Tres I’d heard good things about this particular trek and the guy at reception told me that it’s best to do this particular trek on a good day with not much wind and don’t even think about it if it is cloudy. He also mentioned that it’s very steep for the last hour! I considered myself warned. Given the weather conditions over the coming two days he recommended this trek be today rather than yesterday, and I was very grateful for his advice. I was out early-ish and on the trail by 6.00am with another sunny and crisp morning to enjoy. Turns out not only…
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Patagonia – Trekking 1
El Chalten – Trek 1 I headed off next to El Chalten, a 200km bus ride away from El Calafate. It is here that world renowned walks are located. The bus is an older one that has a really annoying clicking sound (like an indicator) that is on the whole time, not sure what it was but after about an hour into the 3 hour drive, I put my ears in and listened to music to drown it out. The road trip Despite the volume of clouds in the sky some more ominous than others there are holes dotted here and there allowing the still fighting light to pierce the…
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