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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>
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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>
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		<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>
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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>
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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>
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		<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>
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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>
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		<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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		<title>$1750 collected for Cachiccata in the Sacred Valley</title>
		<link>http://incatrailhiking.com/blog/2010/03/08/1750-collected-for-cachiccata-in-the-sacred-valley/</link>
		<comments>http://incatrailhiking.com/blog/2010/03/08/1750-collected-for-cachiccata-in-the-sacred-valley/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Wright</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On our previous post, we wrote about the damage the recent floods caused to our friends in Cachiccata, Peru.
We made an appeal to readers of this blog. We are proud to say the following people donated a total of $1000 to the citizens of Cachiccata. All of them are Zephyr Alumni but, in a very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helping our Friends in Cachiccata, Peru</title>
		<link>http://incatrailhiking.com/blog/2010/02/25/helping-our-friends-in-cachiccata-peru/</link>
		<comments>http://incatrailhiking.com/blog/2010/02/25/helping-our-friends-in-cachiccata-peru/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris Thomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cachiccata]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peru flooding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is a tiny village in Peru called Cachiccata that is near and dear to our hearts.
It has only a few hundred inhabitants but is the home of all the cooks and porters who assist us on our treks in Peru.  These are some of the hardest-working people we have ever met.
These are folks who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Current Situation at Machu Picchu</title>
		<link>http://incatrailhiking.com/blog/2010/02/18/current-situation-at-machu-picchu/</link>
		<comments>http://incatrailhiking.com/blog/2010/02/18/current-situation-at-machu-picchu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:29:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Wright</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Machu Picchu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Situation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We at Zephyr Adventures have been planning for months to start a new blog connected to our IncaTrailHiking.com site. Because of heavy rains and flooding earlier this month in the Cusco and Machu Picchu areas, we felt that now is the time.
Heavy rains caused massive flooding along the Vilcabamba River (also known as the Urubamba [...]]]></description>
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