Salkantay trek: Day 3
2015年5月27日, ペルー ⋅ ⛅ 29 °CWe joined up with the Inca Trail to cross another mountain pass: 3 hours uphill and a couple more downhill until we arrived at an archeological site with a view across the valley of Machu Picchu.もっと詳しく
We joined up with the Inca Trail to cross another mountain pass: 3 hours uphill and a couple more downhill until we arrived at an archeological site with a view across the valley of Machu Picchu.もっと詳しく
Our final day of trekking; we hiked from Hidroeléctrica to Aguas Calientes, about 3 hours along the railroad tracks.
Aguas Calientes is actually an enjoyable town, despite existing solely forもっと詳しく
The ascent to Machu Picchu by bus at 5 in the morning was ethereal. There were pockets of fog interspersed between the mountains, some of which are really unique monolithic shapes. As it began to getもっと詳しく
On the way back to Cusco from Aguas Calientes, I stopped for a day in Ollantaytambo, the oldest continuously-inhabited settlement in the Americas.
Not only are there Inca ruins just steps from theもっと詳しく
As my overnight bus pulled into Arequipa, I noticed that the city was sunny, sandy, and a little chaotic (the drivers, anyway). At first the change from Cusco (climate, and many fewer tourists) wasもっと詳しく
Juanita was a young girl who was sacrificed to the gods ~550 years ago on the top of a volcano near Arequipa by the Incas. She was discovered in 1995, remarkably well-preserved because her body hadもっと詳しく
Colca Canyon is the second deepest in the world, twice as deep as the Grand Canyon, and was breathtaking. Even more impressive are the condors that cruise through the canyon on a nice morning. Condorsもっと詳しく