Day 1 Inca Trail

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17.11.11

17 porters, 2 chefs, 1 guide, assistant guide and 13 of us was the team for the next 4 days. The porters carried everything we needed, apart from the essentials which were in our day packs. They carried our spare cloths, tents, sleeping bags, food, cutlery, plates chairs, dining tents etc. They must be so fit, the bags they carry are up to 30kg! They set off before you, over take you and when you get to camp the tents are all set up waiting for you!

We got are walking sticks and went to the start point km82. Here we got our first stamp in the passport. The weather was really hot (cooking) and the factor 50 was plastered on. We walked approximately for 7 hours in total. We had brakes along the way stopping at inca ruins which were the resting places for the incas on there trip to Machu Picchu. We arrived at the lunch camp were the porters where waiting for us. We had soup to start and a hot meal with a little snooze after it. It was needed as it was so hot. Another couple of hours walk and we arrived at the campsite for the night. Me and Sophie shared a tent with blow up matresses and sleeping bags we rented. I celebrated with a beer! At 7ish we had another hot meal and went to bed with a hot chocolate. An early night was needed as we were exhausted and the wake up call was 5. M x

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