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Month: October 2016

Last day in Peru

Last day in Peru

Luis came and picked us up around 11 to bring us to his house for lunch. His wife made a great meal of pork and empanadas and potatoes and we had beer and more shots and had a great time. From there we bid farewell telling him to come visit us in Florida and headed to the airport for our flights home. Tiff, Lori and I headed for Florida (I had a golf tournament and some dr appointments that got…

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Back in Cusco

Back in Cusco

We slept till about 11 then headed out to get lunch and do some shopping at the market. Shopped for a few hours, dropped our stuff off then it was on to another pub. We liked tonight’s much better. Met some people heading out for the hike. Did some shots. Then went back to the place we had dinner the first night. Click above to see the rest of the pictures.

Inca trail day 4. Hike to Machu Picchu

Inca trail day 4. Hike to Machu Picchu

Today we had to get up just a tad earlier. 3am! Arghh we’re not morning people but to beat a long line of people trying to get into the site at Machu Picchu we opted for an early start. We got to the check point around 4:15 and it doesn’t open till 5:30 but by the time it did there was a very long line. Another 2 hour hike and we finally made it to Machu Picchu! It was very…

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Inca trail day 3. Another grueling hike

Inca trail day 3. Another grueling hike

Another 6am wake up and there’s that butterfly still hanging in there. She put it outside and it finally flew away. Breakfast and off on a hike that Luis said would be easier than yesterday. Yeah, ok. It was up and down all day. Not quite as high as yesterday but still alot and we walked for 12 miles. Quote off today was from Lori, “this is b******t”, lol. But we made it to camp around 5 and it was…

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