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Machu Picchu and the Inca Trail, Peru


Awe inspiring Machu Picchu is both a World Heritage Site and a (modern) 7th wonder of the world.

A very popular destination for visitors, in 2001 we decided to increase the thrill of visiting it by hiking the exhausting Inca Trail in 2001.

The Incas built Machu Picchu around 1450 but had already abandoned it by the time of the Spanish conquest.
It was brought to the attention of the outside world in 1911 by the American historian Hiram Bingham.
As with most Inca sites, the dry stone work is absolutely magnificent.

Early Morning from the Sun Gate, Machu Picchu
Early Morning from the Sun Gate, Machu Picchu		 Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu		 View from Machu Picchu
View from Machu Picchu		 Machu Picchu skyline
Machu Picchu skyline		 Machu Picchu skyline
Machu Picchu skyline		 Machu Picchu perspective
Machu Picchu perspective
Machu Picchu panorama
Machu Picchu panorama		 Machu Picchu with Huayna Picchu in the clouds
Machu Picchu with Huayna Picchu in the clouds		 Machu Picchu with Huayna Picchu
Machu Picchu with Huayna Picchu		 Machu Picchu with the river below
Machu Picchu with the river below		 Machu Picchu with the river below
Machu Picchu with the river below		 Machu Picchu vista
Machu Picchu vista
Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu		 At Machu Picchu
At Machu Picchu		 Machu Picchu skyline
Machu Picchu skyline		 Machu Picchu with terraces
Machu Picchu with terraces		 Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu		 The first ruins on the Inca Trail (in the shape of a python)
The first ruins on the Inca Trail (in the shape of a python)
The first ruins on the Inca Trail (in the shape of a python)
The first ruins on the Inca Trail (in the shape of a python)		 Inca Trail
Inca Trail		 Hiking the Inca Trail
Hiking the Inca Trail		 Stream, Inca Trail
Stream, Inca Trail		 Dead Woman's Pass, Inca Trail
Dead Woman's Pass, Inca Trail		 Exhausted, at the top of Dead Woman's Pass, Inca Trail
Exhausted, at the top of Dead Woman's Pass, Inca Trail
In the clouds, Inca Trail
In the clouds, Inca Trail		 Inca Trail ruins, through a trapezoid door
Inca Trail ruins, through a trapezoid door		 On the Inca Trail
On the Inca Trail

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