A quick update to let you know that we are still alive and kicking...
We´ve been pretty busy, and out of the range of the Internet, and we have a lot of pictures to upload, but just now, we don´t really have time to fill in all the details. Our friend William arrived last Saturday, and after a couple of days in Cusco, we departed on Monday morning to begin trekking the classic Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. After three days of hiking through gorgeous high altitude Andean landscapes, past Inca ruins, and scaling three passes (the first of which was at almost 14,000 feet), we saw our first glimpse of Machu Picchu on the fourth day from the sun gate as the sun crested the mountains and briefly burned off the clouds. It was an incredible sight.
We returned to Cusco late last night after exploring Machu Picchu. Our return was on Peru Rail, but the train service hasn´t been restored all the way to Cusco yet, so we all transfered onto buses after an hour and spent another three brutal hours zooming through the Sacred Valley and through the mountains until making it back last night.
Today, we recover from the trek, shuffle some things around, and prepare to leave for tomorrow´s adventure to Puno and Lake Titicaca. Odds are we won´t be able to update the blog or upload any pictures until after that time, so stay tuned for a barrage of images and words.
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