2 Down, 5 to Go

I finally did it. With Machu Picchu down, I´m 2 out of 7 now.

To get to the site, I set off on a 5 day trek, called "the Salkantay". Salkantay is a sacred mountain, which is visited quite up close on the trek, and is definitely a highlight in my view, even after many other mountain views around Huaraz.

Another highlight of trek, and actually a bigger one at that, was the great group of people I got to meet (Gil, there was a Swedish couple, so we played "Plump" :)):

Their company, and the fact that I had more beer on the that trek than in my entire stay here (damn, I sucked at that drinking game), really made it a great experience.

Finally, Machu Picchu itself, was amazingly cool:

After coming back from the trek (the rest of the pics can be downloaded here), I visited Inca ruins around Cuzco, in a place called Pisac:

I also booked another trek for the next day to Choquequirao, another Inca city, like Machu Picchu, that its excavation and clearing is still a working progress. While there is no real idea as to the function of Machu Picchu, it is thought that Choquequirao was part of the last place of resistance for the Quechua people, led by Manco Inca, against the Spanish conquistadors. Unfortunately things did not go smoothly.