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Further down the hill, Anna's sunglasses commit suicide by leaping off her nose and over the side of the path to their doom. Still, we're in danger of needing lights - not shades - now.

Inca Trail - Day 2 - starting the climb up to "Dead Woman's Pass", the highest point of the trek. It's called Dead Woman's Pass because of the mountain's profile (look - see the breast, nipple, and her face to the right?)

Peru 2005 - Inca Trail

Sitting on the ledge of the world.

 

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Machu Picchu, Inca Trail Day 4.

The Inca Trail has many great vistas

After breakfast, our tour guides introduced the whole crew to us. There are two chefs and 11 porters!

Still wearing that same smelly shirt. Just remembered that I wore it on another sweaty day of hiking last summer. Poor abused shirt.

entry to the Inca trail US$120

Tacky but handy Bamboo walking stick US$10

 

Figuring out how long 2 sec are on your self timer at 4200m- priceless (and stupid)

Silverio Flores and Vivian at our first campsite. Silverio was the cook for our expedition. The following year he was our organizer and guide for a repeat of the hike.

The trail then descends approximately 1000 metres including an irregular staircase of approximately 1500 steps, some of which were carved into solid granite. Vegetation becomes more dense, lush, and jungle like with an accompanying increase in butterflies and birds.

We left Cusco by bus at 4 AM. At about 10 AM we started our trek from small town in the mountains - Mollepata.

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