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Inca Trail When the traveler on his first visit to Cusco raises his eyes and looks up at the clean and fluffy sky his doubts disappear: To days great adventure is to follow in the footsteps of the ancient dwellers of the Inca Empire. Why invest up to four days trekking on steep paths to reach the old citadel of Machu Picchu, if there is a railroad that can take you there in comfort in only six hours? Only the experience itself can supply the answer. Inca Trail
Next hiking day was very short. Remember, we asked our guide to shift somewhat ahead, because of my eye and Val's throat.
No surprise there were enough socker lovers in all that camps to form 2 teams. They played in turn with a third team composed of local guys and always lost.
View of the Inca Trail, day 1. The Inca Trail is a 4 day hike, although it's a lot easier than you expect. That's because the porters who are with you on the trail do all the hard work - including running ahead of you with the tents, food, ect. Most people (like myself) only carried with them their raingear and water. I even hired a porter to carry my backpack for 3 days, after I realized how friggen heavy my pack was.
The 45-mile trek is the dark yellow line. The waypoints correspond to the names mentioned in pictures descriptions. The cyan line is our bus ride from Cusco to Mollepata. The pink line - our trip (train + car) from Machu Picchu to Cusco.
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This icy mountain is just below 6 thousand - 5,917 meters. We enjoyed its magnificent image during almost every day on the trek from different perspectives.
After Sayaqmarka ruins I felt like running. I realized it was our last day on the trek, and I wanted to utilize the energy not yet spent. So I started to walk faster and step by step left our party far behind. I even overtook all porters. Normally they move much faster than tourists in spite of heavy luggage they carry. That's why nobody was walking in this unique in a kind Inca tunnel when I was taking the picture.
Ruins of the storehouses above the town of Llactapata. These have been extensively restored and rebuilt .
This is the highest point we get to on Day 1 - the environment changed quite a bit from where we started - no more cactus and agave plants up this high! From here the trail turns away from the Urubamba and descends down in to a jungle valley along the Cusichaca river.