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Inca Trail & the Amazon Rainforest

Day 10 - Inca Trail Day 1

21st August 2015

Cuzco flag

First steps


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We took a minibus from Cuzco to Ollantaytambo for breakfast and the small drive to KM82 and the start of our four-day trek.

Ollantaytambo...

Ollantaytambo


Store houses at Pinkuylluna above Ollantaytambo...

Ollantaytambo 2


 
With all our gear packed, we left the minibus and began the short walk to the registration checkpoint and the start of the trek...
 
Trail approach 1



KM82 marker on the railway line...

Trail approach 2




 

Trail approach 3



Our Inca Trail group from left to right...

Ros, Miche, me, Chris, Helen, Martin, Anne, Sally and Kristine...

Group



Groups of porters registering and having their loads checked to ensure that they don't exceed the allowed weight limit...

Porter registration



Cactus...
Cactus




Donkey



Bobby giving us a briefing on the do's and don'ts of the trail. He's passionate about the culture and its preservation from over eager tourists clambering all over it...
 
Bobby briefing



Final checkpoint and bridge to the trail...

Entrance check



Miche having just checked in at the registration point...

Miche at entrance


Miche & Chris about to cross the bridge to the Trail proper...

... and she's off



The Urubamba river from the bridge...

Bridge



Pressing on...

Miche on the trail



Moss on the trees...

Tree moss



Day trippers taking the easier route in on a train passing close to Qhanabamba...

Train



Upwards...

Miche



Urubamba river...

Urubamba



 

Miche 2



Patallaqta (Llaqtapata)...

Patallacta



Above Patallaqta, an extension of earlier Killke culture...

Above patallaqta



A reminder of the trail profile and tomorrow's ominous bump of Dead Woman's Pass...
 
Waymarker



Tall Agave flowers...

Down the valley

Hummingbird gif
 
Two different species of Hummingbirds deep in the bushes at one of our break spots...
 
Hummingbird 1
 

Hummingbird gif

Larger purple species...

Hummingbird 2


Hummingbird gif

Wayllabamba - site of our first night's camping...

Camp 1

Next - Day 11 - Inca Trail - day 2


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Day 1 - London to Amsterdam Day 2 - Amsterdam to Lima Day 3 - Lima - City & Fountains
Day 4 - Lima - Changing of the guard Day 5 - Lima to the Rainforest Day 6 - Rainforest - Macaws & Caiman
Day 7 - Rainforest - Canoe & walk Day 8 - Rainforest to Cuzco Day 9 - Cuzco
Day 10 - Inca Trail - day 1 Day 11 - Inca Trail - day 2 Day 12 - Inca Trail - day 3
Day 13 - Inca Trail - day 4 Day 14 - Machu Picchu Day 15 - Cuzco to Puno
Day 16 - Lake Titicaca Homestay Day 17 - Return to Lima Day 18 - Lima to Home