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Day: August 13, 2019

  • Useful Notes on Getting to Machu Picchu

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    (Stein) Runar Bergheim
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    There it was. Machu Picchu, a photographic cliché, if ever there was one. And still, cliché or no cliché, it was one of those views imprinted in my mind since childhood from countless travel magazines and innumerable travel documentaries.

  • Ollantaytambo: The Perfect Stopover in the Sacred Valley

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    (Stein) Runar Bergheim
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    I had booked myself into a small hotel in a village called Ollantaytambo (Ollanta), of which I had no knowledge and few expectations.⠀Low expectations constitute a favourable starting point for any village hoping to exceed them but are entirely wasted on Ollantaytambo. This village, and its surroundings, are brimming with Inca fortifications and constructions that…