| I fully understand why so many tours in
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| | tons of snow and ice high into the air
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| the Guerba brochure visit Peru and
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| | and showering us with an amazing snow
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| Bolivia. With great food, impressive Inca
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| | fall! From the sacred mountain we
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| and colonial architecture, lovely people,
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| | descended to Hayalabamba, where we joined
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| snow capped mountains, ancient pathways
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| | the classic Inca trail and headed up
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| and good value for money, both countries
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| | towards our camp just before 'Dead
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| are fantastic.My wife Lorraine, eight
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| | Women's Pass'.Our path then followed the
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| other travellers and I were on the 'Inca
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| | contours of the rugged landscape like a
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| Highlands Trek' a 16 day tour of Peru and
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| | giant roller coaster passing through
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| Bolivia including an extended 6 day trek
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| | cloud forest adorned by orchids, Inca
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| to Machu Picchu. The first main highlight
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| | tunnels and ancient ruins. At Intipunku
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| of the tour was the laid back and rather
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| | (the sun gate) we were rewarded with our
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| crazy town of Copacabana on the shores of
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| | first view of Machu Picchu. It is
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| Lake Titicaca. This historic town is
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| | amazing. Without going into another long
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| dominated by the cathedral, where the
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| | line of adjectives, it is even more
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| priests not only care for human souls but
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| | impressive than I expected. Another great
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| along with the pagan witch doctor they
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| | plus with the Inca trail is that the main
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| also visit the car park to bless all
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| | highlight is at the end of the trek,
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| manner of vehicles!Copacabana partyAs our
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| | rather than a mountain peak where on
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| visit coincided with the festival of the
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| | reaching the top you then have several
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| Southern Cross star constellation, party
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| | days to trek out. With the promise of a
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| spirits were in full flow and parades of
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| | relaxed exploration the next day, we left
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| marching bands and dancers wound their
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| | the ancient city and took the bus to our
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| way around the streets through the night
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| | hotel in Aguas Calientes. Despite our
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| and well into the following day. After
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| | weary legs, we partied well into the
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| these celebrations, an early night was
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| | night.From start to finish our guides
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| called for in preparation for our boat
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| | Raul & Demas, our cooks and an army
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| trip to the Island of the Sun and our
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| | porters made our trek as enjoyable as
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| introduction to high altitude trekking,
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| | possible, just so you can imagine how
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| where we visited the Inca ruins where the
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| | good the food was.The following day we
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| Inca creation legend began.Over the next
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| | had the big tour of the site before
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| few days we followed the shores of Lake
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| | heading back to Cuzco and then on to
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| Titicaca back into Peru. We crossed the
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| | Lima. At this stage of the tour, having
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| Antiplano, stopping at various Inca sites
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| | worked as a tour leader in Africa for 6
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| as we headed for Cuzco, a fascinating
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| | years, I was struck by how well
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| city that was later explored and
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| | everything worked during our tour - it
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| explained on our guided tours. The wide
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| | took extremely bad weather to finally
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| variety of nightlife and restaurants
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| | disrupt the tour. As we waited with the
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| allowed us to experiment with the many
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| | passengers from the earlier flight at
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| local delicacies such as Guinea pig and
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| | Cuzco airport, Lima airport was still fog
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| Llama kebab, with the latter proving to
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| | bound and flights were backing up by the
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| be my favourite by far!Magical
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| | hour. Our onward flight connections were
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| snowfallOur 6 day trek started in the
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| | looking unreachable. After a call to our
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| village of Mollepata and followed the
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| | Cuzco office I found out that ourCuzco
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| little used Inca pathway up the Apurimac
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| | transfer manager was at the airport
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| Valley to our camp at the base of the
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| | already sorting things out. "Elvis is in
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| sacred 6,271m mountain Nevado Salcantay.
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| | the building" I was told. Having never
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| We were rewarded not only with fantastic
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| | met him, I encountered many strange looks
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| views but as we trekked toward the high
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| | and enjoyed a few good comments as I went
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| pass the following day, a huge part of
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| | round the airport asking, "Are you Elvis?
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| one of the glaciers crashed down throwing
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