Author Archives: Jason and Kari

The trek begins

May 18, 2008 – 3:54 pm

Finally, the reason we’re here. We caught a bus at 6 a.m. to head to the start of the Inca trail at (KM 82). Our first day of walking was pretty easy, and for a second we even thought we might not have a hard time at all! We were wrong. But it was a More …

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A bear of a day

May 18, 2008 – 3:52 pm

Today was supposed to be the hardest day of the trek, and it was, but I think it was the best day too. How can a day go bad when a glass of coca tea is brought to your tent at wake up time? It felt like it took ages, but we finally made it More …

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More ruins and the original Inca trail

May 18, 2008 – 3:50 pm

Most of the trail is made of original Inca stones beginning on the third day. When the Incas were fleeing the Spaniards, they destroyed much of the trail to conceal their path, but only up to this point. Today was one of my favorites (I think I say this everyday though). It was easy hiking More …

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The Sun Gate and Machu Picchu

May 18, 2008 – 3:46 pm

We don’t usually get up at 4 a.m., but if anything will get us out of bed it’s the end of our hike to Machu Picchu! (Only a little over 4 miles to go!) After a fast breakfast we got in line at the checkpoint to the trail, which opened at 5:30 a.m. The first More …

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A long day in Aguas Calientes

May 18, 2008 – 3:42 pm

Since we did the hot springs yesterday, there wasn’t a lot left to explore in AC. So we shopped. (Kari was desperate for some clean clothes.) And we had a nice, long lunch with Bill, Jane, Pam and Alen in the square. It was Mother’s Day, so there was a celebration going on in the More …

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