Who Are the Inca Trail Porters?
Many travelers who come to Peru and hike the Inca Trail ask the same question: Who are the porters? After […]
Many travelers who come to Peru and hike the Inca Trail ask the same question: Who are the porters? After […]
When I told my father that I wanted to study tourism and become a tour guide, he did not like
Back in the 1990s, travel was a very different experience. Every time I see it, I am transported back to
I began working on the Inca Trail in the mid-1990s, first as a porter. My very first experience on the
Back in those days, I had to personally choose my own porters. There were moments, days, and entire seasons when
When the Trains Stopped: A Story About Responsibility on the Way to Machu Picchu There is a story I sometimes
Around 1995 or 1996, the Inca Trail was a very different world. There were no porter regulations.No weight limits.No minimum
They say that after fifty, people play football with their hearts… and with knee braces. I, however, still train and
There are parts of the body that live quietly and discreetly, with no greater story than the occasional scratch. Mine