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Originally Posted by mmaarten
Or if you are very very adventurous you go from Santa teresa hydro powerstation and take the old "escape route" but you have to cross a (non existing) drawbridge.
The Inca-trail required a three week advance reservation and is (in my humble opinion) very over-rated. (due to 300 to 500 walkers per day!).
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If that's the same drawbridge site as the one I've seen, that's a route you DO NOT want to take. Some visitors died crossing it.
When I was on the trail in April 2002 it was practically deserted. We saw another small group one night but they were gone early the next morning. Absolute bliss. Very quiet apart from the sound of my panting. Sleeping at altitude is 'interesting' when you constantly wake up with oxygen debt.
Tim
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