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  • World Trip 2009-2010: Day 42 – Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, Peru

    Thursday 7 January 2010
    Highlights:     The Inca Trail landscape,Piskaccuchu, Llactapata, Wayllabamba

    Inca Trail Day 1
    I had a bad night with diarrhoea – not a great start to the hike but Karen set me up with pills to shutdown my system, Gareth got me some antibiotics and I also took some herbal pills – in the end I was a walking chemist set and it turned out to totally shutdown this illness and my need to go to the toilet at all.

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  • World Trip 2009-2010: Day 41 – Cusco to Sacred Valley to Ollantaytambo, Peru

    Wednesday 6 January 2010
    Highlights: Planelerra project – Ccaccacollo, Pisc Ruins, Inca Pub, Hiking the ruins of Ollantaytambo

    We visited the Planelerra project in the Ccaccacollo Community. Planeterra, which is the charity arm of GAP Adventures to help local communities, has been working with the Ccaccaccollo community to develop a women’s weaving cooperative since 2005.  This initiative is to help financially support the women in this village was the men leave for up to 10 months to work as porters on the Inca Trail.  I bought a beanie to help keep me warm on the Inca Trail.

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  • World Trip 2009-2010: Day 40 – Cusco, Peru

    Tuesday 5 January 2010
    Highlights: Sun Temple, Exploring Inca Ruins

    We decided to forgo the free breakfast at the hotel and instead went to ‘Jacks’ were I had the ham & cheese toast, Andrew went for the pancakes. The serves were huge and no one managed to finish. Gareth, Emma, Kelly & Karen decided to head up to the Christ Statue overlooking the city while Andrew and me decided to do some shopping for the Inca Trail before exploring in the afternoon.

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  • World Trip 2009-2010: Day 39 – Cusco and Sacred Valley, Peru

    Monday 4 January 2010
    Highlights: Paragliding over the Sacred Valley of the Incas

    I finally managed to eat some food for breakfast so I must be getting over the bug / food poisoning. Andrew managed to convince Karen to sign up for paragliding today so off all three of us went at 9.30 am. The hour drive out to the jumping point was interesting enough and reminded me of how we three did a hike in Sucre not long along. The wind wasn’t that strong so we had to wait for the toilet paper radar to blow (I’m not joking).

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  • World Trip 2009-2010: Day 38 – Cusco, Peru

    Sunday 3 January 2010
    Highlights: Struggling to recover, the beautiful Plaza de Armas

    First we said goodbye to Shrina, Indu, Kate and Brooke for their Amazon adventure, however it turned out later that Brooke had to miss the Amazon trip due to being unwell. I understand a doctor had to assist Brooke.  I was still not well but was much better than the death I felt like last night.

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