Tag: Camping

Hiking the Inca Trail: Day Four – Winay Wayna to MACHU PICCHU !

By Emily Carter on May 30, 2012 • ( 12 Comments )

Woo Hoo! The last day is upon us ! Upon our arrival the night before at the Winay Wayna outpost camping area, we prepared ourselves for our celebratory dinner for our last night on the trail. After a long 11-hour day of hiking down the Andes mountains to […]

Getting Ready for the Inca Trail

By Emily Carter on December 9, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

Machu Picchu and the Incas hold such a mysterious and spiritual connection for me. My father was an anthropologist that specialized in Latin American Studies, and my mother is from Bolivia, so Latin America is in my blood. One of the few childhood memories I hold is a […]