Wow, today has been one incredibly long, challenging day! We woke up at 2:30 a.m. to get ready for our 3:00 a.m. pickup by Colonial Tours to start our 3 day Colca Canyon trek. We were picked up by a large van that ended up with about 14 people in it, which seemed a little odd to me since our group was supposed to be 5 or 6 max, and more likely just the 2 of us. I asked about it and it turned out everyone else was just doing a day trip to Colca and to see the condors. We would be meeting our guide when we got to the Cruz del Condor later in the morning. The ride to Chivay, the entrance town to the Colca Valley, was about 3 hours and quite bumpy!
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