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Video: The Trek to Machu Picchu (part 1)

The World Effect travelogue video 9 -Peru part 1 from The World Effect on Vimeo. This first part of our Inca Trail video is now uploaded. This video is of the first day of trekking, including a

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Cusco, Peru

Cusco, Peru is one of the more cultural cities we've encountered on our trip so far. Cusco was the capital and center of the Incan Empire. Now Cusco has an interesting mix of the or

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Machu Picchu

After four days of hiking, we climbed up our last 50 steps towards the Sun Gate to find Machu Picchu completely socked in with clouds. Several hours later the clouds began to lift eventually r

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The Inca Trail

We spent 4 days of hiking and camping on the Inca Trail to reach the mystical Machu Picchu. This turned out to be a pretty intense hike, but well worth the effort. There are about 7 ma

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Ccaccaccollo, Peru

On the way to the Inca Trail, we visited a little community called Ccaccaccollo. This is the community for many of the GAP adventures porters for the Inca Trail. GAP helped organize the

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A Presidential Day in Quito

We spent a beautiful day in the sunny high altitude of Quito. Quito is a sprawling city that creeps up nearly half of the mountainside. We spent most of our time in Quito touring around

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Cotacachi Street Music

The World Effect travelogue video 8 -Ecuador from The World Effect on Vimeo. We shot a short video in Cotacachi, Ecuador. This is a family from Colombia that immigrated to Ecuador. The cute litt

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Bizcochos and coffee with a view

The culinary highlight of our Ecuadorian highland tour was the bizcochos. Bizcochos are lady finger sized buttery and flaky biscuits. They are slightly crunchier than a typical American

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