In its heyday, the Royal Inca Highway was an extraordinary feat of engineering. Meriting comparisons to the Great Wall of China, legend has it that the route was built not by men, but by the gods. An essential component of the far-flung Inca Empire, the original course of the 3200 mile Inca... read more
1. The thin red line
2. To the northernmost reaches of the empire
3. The People's War
4. Mama Negra's groom
5. A life of giving
6. The crash
7. Into the dragon's lair
8. Land mines in paradise
9. A journey into the spirit world
10. The people of the clouds
11. Twilight of an empire
12. Patriarch of Huanchaco Beach
13. The walker
14. A mango in the surf
15. The holy hub
16. Taking the bull by the horns
17. Ancient lives in modern times
18. The Golden Fleece of the Andes
19. A sacred place
20. Lost in the jungle
21. The traveler
22. Cocaine
23. The devil's dance
24. Wheels
25. The chronicler
Anatomy of an adventure
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