27th May. Went to the Sacred Valley today. Inca buildings etc 20 to 30 kilometres
outside Cusco with great names like Sexywoman (my personal favourite). There seemed to still be a lot of damage from the recent floods that require repair.
28th May. The fun begins as we head off by bus to Kilometre 82 to start the inca trail. Recent rain prevents our vehicle getting to the starting point so we have to walk a kilometre before we can begin. It is strange walking on the track, all decked out in hiking gear and walking poles as we pass local people using the same path to walk home.
29th May. Whose idea was this? Today was very hard climbing dead womans pass to 4200masl and then a very steep decline on uneven steps and shale. We learned a new phrase today, Inca Flat.
30th May. Today was supposed to be the Gringo Killer, but after day 2 nothing could hurt us. In fact, the few hours up to lunch was a very pleasant stroll. We could see the town of Aguas Callientes a thousand metres below in a steep valley with the Rio Urubamba flowing through. No wonder this place was flooded a few months ago. The water had nowhere else to go. Can you believe it, there are showers at this campsite. The toilets were also voted the most revolting on the trail.
31st May. Woken up at 3:45am and headed off an hour later, only to be stopped, along with everyone else at the check point. No one is allowed through until 5:30am. So why did we get up so early? Our first view of Machu Picchu from the Sun Gate is of course amazing as is everything about this site. I think we used a memory card on this site alone. Bus, train, bus, bus and we are back at Cus
co at 11:30pm. We did it, YEAH! ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
outside Cusco with great names like Sexywoman (my personal favourite). There seemed to still be a lot of damage from the recent floods that require repair.28th May. The fun begins as we head off by bus to Kilometre 82 to start the inca trail. Recent rain prevents our vehicle getting to the starting point so we have to walk a kilometre before we can begin. It is strange walking on the track, all decked out in hiking gear and walking poles as we pass local people using the same path to walk home.
29th May. Whose idea was this? Today was very hard climbing dead womans pass to 4200masl and then a very steep decline on uneven steps and shale. We learned a new phrase today, Inca Flat.
30th May. Today was supposed to be the Gringo Killer, but after day 2 nothing could hurt us. In fact, the few hours up to lunch was a very pleasant stroll. We could see the town of Aguas Callientes a thousand metres below in a steep valley with the Rio Urubamba flowing through. No wonder this place was flooded a few months ago. The water had nowhere else to go. Can you believe it, there are showers at this campsite. The toilets were also voted the most revolting on the trail.
31st May. Woken up at 3:45am and headed off an hour later, only to be stopped, along with everyone else at the check point. No one is allowed through until 5:30am. So why did we get up so early? Our first view of Machu Picchu from the Sun Gate is of course amazing as is everything about this site. I think we used a memory card on this site alone. Bus, train, bus, bus and we are back at Cus
co at 11:30pm. We did it, YEAH! ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
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