http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Backagain/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Backagain en-us Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:25:09 +0000 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:25:09 +0000 Breakfast for Day 3 was a spinach sausage omelets toast porridge hot tea lots of carbs for what was to be the longest day of the hike. The ups and downs this day were not as extreme as Day 2 but the down part of Day 3 involved many many many steps. I was nursing my left knee and Doug his right after twisting it on Day 2. All the Advil I brought with me came in handy Day 3 was beautif http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Inca-Trail/blog-319137.html Day 2 begins with the porters waking us up by tapping on the tents saying Buenas Dias Amigos and bringing hot water for coco tea. After a wonderful breakfast of cinnamon porridge I never thought I would eat porridge but I have to say it was wonderful caramel crepes fresh fruit salad toast and hot tea this is definately not a time to start the South Beach Diet most meals are very hig http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Machu-Picchu/blog-318678.html Day 1 of our trek started out very early we got up at 430 am to shower for the last time for 3 days and make sure we were in the lobby to get picked up by 520. The hotel we stayed at prepares breakfast for you between 5am and 10am so we were able to get some juice and a croissant before we left. We were the first hikers to get picked up that morning and the bus made several stops at vario http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Machu-Picchu/blog-317914.html WE DID IT Doug and I made it through the trek it was the most amazing thing we have ever done And I have to say it was much harder than any of the marathons I have run The scenery in the Andes mountains was just breathtaking and too beautiful to put into words. The ruins we saw were incredible the engineering that the Incas used so long ago was amazing. The trekking company we use http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Machu-Picchu/blog-317737.html Today is our last day before we begin the trek we went to Peru Treks office last night to get our briefing there will be 16 hikers total in our group plus about 30 porters 2 guides assistant guides and a chef. The porters carry everything we need except for our daypacks they haul our sleeping tents dining tent all cooking necessities food water etc. over the trail. Our only job is to http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Machu-Picchu/blog-315687.html Hi all We made to it Lima last night around 10pm made it to the Marriott and immediately went to bed We had a 1pm flight today to Cusco that was a little scary flying down into the mountains but beautiful Our hotel we are staying in Cusco is so clean and beautiful and everyone is so helpful. Our goal tonight is to relax and not get altitude sickness Kim Doug http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/blog-315102.html This is our trial blog Doug and I leave tomorrow for our Peru trip looking forward to one night at the Marriott in Lima Peru Thursday evening before we fly from Lima to Cusco on Friday. Our 4day no showering stinking hopefully no GI upset altitude sickness or knee issues trek on the original Inca trail to Maccu Picchu will start on Monday. I will try to update this blog as I can the http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Machu-Picchu/blog-314395.html