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Excerpt from tourist map. The trek starts with yellow line from Mollepata and continues as thin black line to Machu Picchu.
On our way to the Inca Trail head, the road was washed out a bit and it needed to be repaired. This was the first attempt at repairing it; wood over the hole.
he vast Inca’s Empire was connected by an extense Inca trail system. The Classic Inca Trail
is the most popular trail in Peru. This is the only trail that has as final destination, Machu Picchu. www.latikaincatrail.com/
Val is holding trekking pole. The handle is handmade of alpaca wool. I never appreciated using trekking poles, but some people claim they are good for knees. In my experience, they are just extra exercise for hands.
Probably it's time to explain that common opinion about what the word Inca means is wrong. Inca was not the name of the people lived here. There name was Quechua. Inca means King in Quechua. Thus Camino Inca means The Kings Way. The steps as seen on the picture are worthy The King.