Gallery: Guide to Hiking to the Lost Incan City of Choquequirao and an unexpected Horse Trek!

The happy crew at the bottom of the downhill; now all that is left is about 1,500m of up!

The happy crew at the bottom of the downhill; now all that is left is about 1,500m of up!13-Aug-2009 17:25, Canon Canon EOS 400D DIGIT, 6.3, 28.0mm, 0.01 sec, ISO 400

The lost Incan city of Choquequirao is known as the sacred sister to Machu Picchu, only accessible by foot and receiving just one percent of the visiting tourists annually. As each year progresses, the site becomes busier, so time is of the essence before this mostly unheard of archaeological treasure becomes another tourist’s tick box. With so many improbable rumours to be investigated, the challenge of a soul crushing hike and the opportunity for a good spot of camping, how could we possibly give it a miss? Would my knee hold up? More importantly, is rum and yoghurt actually drinkable?

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Gallery: Ilgwid

ilgwid-38.JPGI’m still playing with the various methods of displaying photos on our blog, currently I am running with Picasa to manage the photos (which is a fantastic program), Picasa to sync them to the web, and then using a WordPress plugin called Shashin to actually display them on this site. It doesn’t do everything I’d like, but then nothing does, and its close enough for now! :)

This particular gallery represents a lot of hard work by Lynette’s dad, my dad, and allegedly myself at certain points (most recently Wednesday when the new tenant’s dishwasher sprung a leak), in refurbishing a flat we purchased to rent out and help fund us while we’re away. Its some damn fine DIY if we do say so ourselves! Now we’re just hurriedly trying to get our own house finished… anyway, enjoy, I’m still testing, lets see how good we can make this blog look.

It’ll Look Good When Its Done!
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