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Slideshow (11 photos)

Cuzco (Peru) (map)
 

Arriving at the airport in Cuzco

 

Entering a local restaurant in Cuzco (Copyright © Lucie Wellner)

 

Simeon and Lucie on the train to Aguas Calientes

 

Lesson in useful Spanish phrases (Copyright © Unknown)

  Inca Trail

Approaching Abra de Warmiwañusqa (Dead Woman Pass) at 4200m, a porter struggles under an enormous load of gear that tourists refuse to carry; this is the highest point on the Inca Trail

 

The gang poses on the Inca Trail

  Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu in the early morning

 

Lucie hiking on the Inca Trail (Copyright © Lucie Wellner)

 

Group on day 3 of the Inca Trail (Copyright © Lucie Wellner)

 

Precise stonework at Machu Picchu

  Sacsaywaman
 

Lucie in front of some fancy Inca stonework

 

The group poses in front of an Inca wall