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Quella che state per leggere è una delle tante storie che vive un viaggiatore. Ed è anche la storia di quattro persone che si incontrano e decidono di unire i loro percorsi per un po'. All'Andes festival, nella Isla del Sol in Bolivia, ho conosciuto due ragazze francesi, Roxanne e Cloé, che poi ho rivisto ad un altro festival, l'Arkana, nel Valle Sagrado in Perù. Era passato esattamente un mese. Intanto le aveva raggiunte dalla Francia Arnaud. Tutti avevamo voglia di uscire dai classici percorsi turistici e di immergerci nella natura, dopo esserci riempiti di musica elettronica per settantadue lunghe ore. E tutti avevamo in mente un trekking. Il Salkantay, che da Cusco ci avrebbe portato al Machupichu. Come l'Inca Trail del resto, che però va fatto con agenzia e guida. Non per noi, decisamente. Dopo l'Arkana, abbiamo passato qualche giorno nel Valle Sagrado, a Pisac, Ollantaytambo e Urubamba, dove abbiamo ballato fino a notte inoltrata, visitato la Puesta...

There are few ways to get to Machu Picchu, one of these is to go from Cusco to Aguas Calientes, by visiting the many little village of the Sacred valley. Every single town has Inca ruins so there's a lot to do around. I've been in Pisac where there's an Inca fortress, in Urubamba to visit the Salt mines and Ollantaytambo, visiting one more fortress. From Ollantaytambo I took a bus to the Hidroeléctrica, then walked 10km along the Inca Rail (Aguas Calientes is reachable by train too) to get to Aguas Calientes. Booked there the ticket to get to Machupichu, I've walked from the town to the ruins for about two hours (but you can also go by bus) The place is absolutely magic. You will forget the absolutely crazy number of people being there. After all, it's one of the seven wonders of the world. On the way back, again walking from Aguas Calientes to the Hidroeléctrica and took a bus to Santa Teresa, to enjo...

After few days in Arequipa I took a night bus to Puno and then another bus to Copacabana in Bolivia. Diego, a Chilean guy met in San Pedro, invited me for an electronic music festival, on the Isla del Sol. Four days camping at Titicaca lake, the highest of the world. It's absolutely magic. For the first time in my South American trip, for a while I'll share my road with someone. Diego is gonna play some of his music in few festival around Cusco. So we've been going around together in the last week. Toño joined us. Cusco, and now Pisac in Sacred valley, are full of history. We knew. But we are still surprised. The power we feel walking around keeps us excited to discover new streets, monuments, treks. And parties, obviously. On the 25th of April it was my birthday too. So one more excuse to dance 🎉🎊