Two Backpacks One Couple
Follow us on our world tour
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Saturday, October 25th – Thursday, October 30th World Tour Days: 358 – 363 Day 0: Rest Day & Hike Debrief After returning from Aguas Calientes the night before, we were happy to have a full day with no plans. It was tempting to fill it with other activities as there is so much to do around Cusco, but the rest was much needed. It was a boring but productive day, getting caught up on laundry from our hiking, calling home, and other logistics. We had delicious trout poke from Qura for lunch. In the early evening we met with our…
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Friday, October 17th – Friday, October 24th, 2025 World Tour Days: 350 – 357 The following chart includes approximate statistics for our 8 days of hiking. The distance includes all miles during the day, both distance to get to camp and distance covered for any day hikes from camp. The first 7 days are the official route for the Salkantay & Inca combination trail and the 8th day was us hiking Machu Picchu mountain and an additional circuit on our own. Day 1: Cusco – Soraypampa Our pick up was at 3am for our 7 day backpacking trip. We tried…
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Wednesday, October 15th – Thursday, October 16th, 2026 World Tour Days: 348 – 349 Day 1: Rainbow Mountain & Red Valley Hike Bright and early at 4:15am Nick and I were picked up for our Rainbow Mountain and Red Valley hiking tour. The rest of our group canceled the day before so we ended up getting a private tour. We laughed about that because we feel like it happens to us all the time for busy activities. We’ll take it! The first stop was breakfast at a restaurant where it seemed like every tour doing the hike stops for meals.…
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Saturday, October 11th – Tuesday, October 14th, 2025 World Tour Days: 344 – 347 Day 0: Arrival DAy Our night bus from Nazca was 15.5 hours long, mostly on the windiest roads we’ve experienced. Besides the nausea, though, it went smoothly. Once we woke up, and by we I mean me since Nick didn’t really sleep, we opened the curtains and got to watch outside. There was a cute dog with his legs crossed with his head resting on top, like a person daydreaming. There was also an avocado stand in a village, which I suppose was too tempting to…