23rd-24th October 2018, 3 am. That is how early you have to get up to guarantee to be on the first bus to Machu Picchu from Aguas Calientes. I felt like a zombie as I put on my shoes and met the others in the lobby. We began the walk to the bus stop. ItContinue reading “Travelblog SA#23: Machu Picchu & Ollantaytambo – Peru”
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Travelblog SA#22: Salkantay Trek – Peru
19th-22nd October 2018 The Salkantay Trek is an alternative to the – now, not only very busy but exclusively expensive – Inca Trail. You do not pass by as many ruins along this road but you do get to traverse a wonderful variety of landscapes, including glacial mountains, lakes, cloud forests and even jungles, whilstContinue reading “Travelblog SA#22: Salkantay Trek – Peru”
Travelblog SA#21: Cusco & The Sacred Valley Part 1 – Peru
15th-18th October 2018 You would think that I’d have grown bored of historic highland cities by this point, but I was certainly glad I saved Cuzco for later in my trip because it topped them all. Once the old capital of the Incas, and then after, a colonial centre, it is a city with multipleContinue reading “Travelblog SA#21: Cusco & The Sacred Valley Part 1 – Peru”
Tej Turner 