Trekking in the Andes - 15/16 October Hello all, Survived my weekend trekking in the Andes. It was incredible!! We set out at 8am on Saturday morning in glorious sunshine in a fully loaded minibus (photo attached), and drove up to the first village (our starting point at 13,000 feet high) where we met the llamas. The llamas followed us for the trek and carried our rucksacks for us. I was happy to carry my own as I was travelling very light, but was strongly advised by Pancho (our Peruvian guide) to put my bag on the llama. I soon understood why!! We climbed 1,500 feet across 4.5 miles. It took the grand total of 6 hours (including a break for lunch). At home I would have completed that in 2-3 hours, but I totally underestimated
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