My specialty is following travel trends and tracking tickets at Machu Picchu. About 10 years ago I started tracking the data to see how many people visited Machu Picchu, when they visited and where did they come from. I found some interesting gaps in the information I collected and the data being reported to the public. Since 2007 I've been working with native Peruvian tour guide, Vidal Jaquehua, to organize trips for small groups to South America. Including Machu Picchu, Inca Trail, Amazon jungle, Lake Titicaca, Galapagos Islands, Easter Island and Patagonia. Vidal and I collaborate almost daily to set up our groups. Our friendship has bloomed into respectful appreciation for each other's culture and world view. We often joke that we are opposite ends of the same bridge that our gr...