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		<title>Hiking Huayna Picchu</title>
		<link>http://incatrailhiking.com/blog/2012/05/14/hiking-huayna-picchu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 17:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Wright</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Machu Picchu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Huayna Picchu]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Huayna Picchu is the mountain that rises above Machu Picchu and appears in the background of many photos of the ruins. It is about 1,200 feet higher than Machu Picchu and the Incas built a trail up the hill and temples on the summit.
Huayna Picchu is a very popular hike for some visitors to Machu [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Easier Inca Trail to Machu Picchu</title>
		<link>http://incatrailhiking.com/blog/2012/03/12/easier-inca-trail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Wright</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inca Trails]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alternative Inca Trail]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Royal Inca Trail]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Most people think there is just one Inca Trail that takes hikers from the Sacred Valley to Machu Picchu &#8212; the &#8220;Classic&#8221; Inca Trail.  However, there are actually two. The Royal (Alternative) Inca Trail starts and ends in the same place as the Classic Inca Trail but instead of going up and over the mountains, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Is The Best Time To Hike The Inca Trail?</title>
		<link>http://incatrailhiking.com/blog/2012/02/16/when-is-the-best-time-to-hike-the-inca-trail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Wright</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inca Trails]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[best months]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inca trail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[timing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weather]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is one of the first questions potential travelers to Peru ask who want to hike the Inca Trail. Although there are a number of considerations as to when one should hike from the Sacred Valley to Machu Picchu, two are most important: weather and the availability of trail passes.
Weather is never a sure thing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inca Trail Hiking Blog Wins Award</title>
		<link>http://incatrailhiking.com/blog/2011/03/31/inca-trail-hiking-blog-wins-award/</link>
		<comments>http://incatrailhiking.com/blog/2011/03/31/inca-trail-hiking-blog-wins-award/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Wright</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel blog award]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Inca Trail Hiking Blog won the 2011 Best Peru Blog from the TripBase Travel Blog Awards!
To quote the TripBase website: &#8220;In the Peru category of our Travel Awards for this year, Our Tripbase judging panel very carefully evaluated hundreds of Peruvian blogs, selecting just the choicest examples using criteria like accuracy, update frequency, tone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sacred Valley of the Incas</title>
		<link>http://incatrailhiking.com/blog/2011/02/25/sacred-valley-of-the-incas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Wright</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inca Trails]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sacred Valley Trek]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Zephyr guide Liz Miller recently hiked a special trek set up exclusively by Zephyr Adventures and our local Peruvian partners. This three-day trek goes through the Sacred Valley of the Incas, which lies between Cusco and the Inca ruins at Ollantaytambo. Liz was essentially the first Westerner to ever complete this trek and her writeup [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Classic Inca Trail Closed in February</title>
		<link>http://incatrailhiking.com/blog/2011/01/10/classic-inca-trail-closed-in-february/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Wright</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inca Trails]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[closure]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The four-day Classic Inca Trail is closed each February. This is a regulation imposed by the Peruvian government to allow trail crews to make needed repairs, to pick up any garbage left on the trail, and to allow campsite vegetation to regrow. No one can start the Classic Inca Trail trek on any date from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advice on Selecting an Inca Trail Trek</title>
		<link>http://incatrailhiking.com/blog/2010/11/24/advice-on-selecting-an-inca-trail-trek/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 19:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Wright</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inca Trails]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[selecting a trek]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As the owner of Zephyr Adventures, I have been lucky enough to travel three times to Peru and to do three separate treks on various Inca Trail Routes. As we head into the winter season when many of you will be considering plans for an Inca Trail vacation in 2011, I&#8217;d like to give you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Royal Inca Trail &#8211; Alternative and Original</title>
		<link>http://incatrailhiking.com/blog/2010/08/05/the-royal-inca-trail-alternative-and-original/</link>
		<comments>http://incatrailhiking.com/blog/2010/08/05/the-royal-inca-trail-alternative-and-original/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Wright</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inca Trails]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This past week I have been communicating with our Cusco-based Peruvian partners about our upcoming Inca Trail tour scheduled for October 17-25. This trip will be our first ever trip that uses the Royal Inca Trail path.
Most people think the Inca Trail is just that &#8211; &#8220;the Inca Trail&#8221;. In reality, the Inca people built [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Machu Picchu Open Again Today</title>
		<link>http://incatrailhiking.com/blog/2010/04/01/machu-picchu-open-again-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Wright</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Machu Picchu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[closure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reopen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Machu Picchu, Peru&#8217;s most famous historical and tourist site, reopened today, April 1st. This is good news for our Inca Trail travelers and our friends in Peru.
The Peruvian government is celebrating with a reopening festival of sorts, complete with local music and a visit by American movie star Susan Sarandon. What she has to do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Machu Picchu Train: Current Status</title>
		<link>http://incatrailhiking.com/blog/2010/03/23/machu-picchu-train-current-status/</link>
		<comments>http://incatrailhiking.com/blog/2010/03/23/machu-picchu-train-current-status/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Wright</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Machu Picchu]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As you might know, the train to Machu Picchu was wiped out in half a dozen places due to rains and flooding in early February. Because there are only two real ways to reach Machu Picchu &#8211; the train and the Inca Trail &#8211; the Peruvian government has closed Machu Picchu temporarily.
However, the national rail [...]]]></description>
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