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me at km 82: start of Inca Trail
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Justin
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Urubamba River
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our group: Lea, Kyle, Steve, Janet, Rachel, Tina, Karen, Wolfgang, Christian, me, Justin
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prickly pears - cochineal insects live on the cactus, and are used to make crimson dye
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checkpoint at the start of Inca Trail
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Mount Veronica: 5750m (18865ft) high
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Patallacta
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a sample of the climbs on day 2: 1100m (3600ft) rise in elevation for the day
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Dead Woman's Pass up ahead
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one last camera break before the top
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the other side of the pass
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me at Dead Woman's Pass
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people still climbing
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90 minutes later... a lot colder
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campsite for the second night
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clouds about to cover our campsite
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Runkurakay
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Sayaqmarka
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Qonchamarka
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inside Sayaqmarka
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still inside Sayaqmarka
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going through an Inca tunnel
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Aguas Calientes in the top right
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Phuyupatamarka
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inside Phuyupatamarka
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the final checkpoint... just after going down 2700 steps in the dark
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at the Sun Gate - sun is almost illuminating Machu Picchu
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Justin, me, Kyle, Rachel, Wolfgang, Christian
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llamas with Wayna Picchu in the background
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Machu Picchu in the early morning
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how stones were split
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me with Sacred Plaza in the background
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Sacred Plaza with terraces in the background
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video of Machu Picchu from Wayna Picchu - Sanctuary Lodge to the left, and Hiram Bingham Highway on the far left
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ruins on Wayna Picchu
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Christian, Wolfgang, me on top of Wayna Picchu
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you can see the end of the Inca Trail meeting the top of the site
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Wayna Picchu ruins again
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llamas - one of them in the middle of a sneezing fit
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Chamber of the Ornaments
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stone of 32 angles
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Hitching Post of the Sun: no shadow when the sun is overhead on the equinoxes
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condor wings
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me at the House of Three Windows
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the trapezoidal doorway helped withstand earthquakes that many colonial buildings did not
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Aguas Calientes main square with statue of Pachacutec
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