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		<title>Inca Trail Passes: Sold Out For the Summer!</title>
		<link>http://incatrailhiking.com/blog/2011/04/28/inca-trail-passes-sold-out-for-the-summer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris Thomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cachiccata Trek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inca trail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inca Trail pass]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you look at any website related to the Inca Trail, you will inevitably find a precaution to book your Inca Trail pass three (during the regular season) to six months (in the peak season) in advance.  This is no marketing gimmick – this is the plain truth. ]]></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>
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		<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>
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		<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>Destination: Machu Picchu</title>
		<link>http://incatrailhiking.com/blog/2010/05/17/destination-machu-picchu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 17:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris Thomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Machu Picchu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Huayna Picchu]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Even jaded travelers will find Machu Picchu one of the most incredible places they’ve ever visited, and it is on the bucket list of almost every adventure traveler…for good reason!   ]]></description>
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		<title>Should You Worry About the Altitude on the Inca Trail?</title>
		<link>http://incatrailhiking.com/blog/2010/04/29/should-you-worry-about-the-altitude-on-the-inca-trail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris Thomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acclimatization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acute mountain sickness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[altitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[altitude sickness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[altitude sickness symptoms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dehydration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diamox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inca trail]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Should you worry about the altitude on the Inca Trail?  The answer to that question, for most people, is no.  Thousands of people hike the Inca Trail each year and most do not have serious issues.  However, you should definitely be prepared for the effects of altitude and know a little bit about altitude sickness ahead of time.]]></description>
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		<title>A Packing List for the Inca Trail</title>
		<link>http://incatrailhiking.com/blog/2010/04/15/a-packing-list-for-the-inca-trail/</link>
		<comments>http://incatrailhiking.com/blog/2010/04/15/a-packing-list-for-the-inca-trail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris Thomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inca Trails]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[packing list]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[packing list for Inca Trail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peru packing list]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trekking packing list]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what to bring on the Inca Trail]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps the most important thing to remember in packing for your trek on the Inca Trail is that you will not need as much “stuff” as you think.  Two theories crucial to your comfort are and “synthetic fibers” and “layering.”]]></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>
		<comments>http://incatrailhiking.com/blog/2010/04/01/machu-picchu-open-again-today/#comments</comments>
		<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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