Blogs from Inca Trail, Cusco, Peru, South America - page 44

I don't know if it was excitement or having slept too much the night before, but I had an awful time getting to sleep. This made our 4:30AM wake-up rather difficult for me. Fortunately, we packed everything the night before and met up with our tour group without incident. Our guides are Homer ("Jimmy"), Hebert, and Hilda. We have a large group of 19 very nice people. There are Scots, Aussies, Danes, Germans, and of course Americans. Our first day wasn't too strenuous, but it was a lot of fun just hiking and shooting the shit. I am also very excited to have Scots in the group because I just love listening to their accent. Our entourage includes a Scottish father and his twin kids. One seems to take after a billy goat and the other ... read more

Detta var den laengsta dagen och laengsta vandringen paa 14 km. Vi tyckte att detta var den tuffaste dagen. Aeven ifall det gick mer nedaat aen uppaat saa var det laanga vandringar och en del svaara passager. Packningen paa ryggen gjorde sitt ocksaa. Efter att vi gaat ifraan 07.00 till 17.00 firade vi lite extra den kvaellen. Nu var vi bara 2 timmars uppaatvandring kvar till maal, Sun gate med utsikt oever Machu Picchu. ... read more

Vandringen var totalt 42 km uppdelat paa 4 dagar och 3 naetter. Vi tvaa bodde i ett 3 mans Iglootaelt. Expeditionen bestod av 7 vandrare, 1 engelsktalande guide Walter, 1 kock + 7 porters som bar taelt, mat och koeksutrustning. Porters vaeckte oss med Kokathé kl.05.30 varje morgon. Frukost serverades vid 6 och daa skulle allt vara packat och klart foer dagens vandring. Det var bara att vaenja sig med "naturtoa", typ haal i marken, men vid 2 campsites fanns det riktiga toaletter. Som tur aer har vi rest foerr! Varje dag fick vi stor frukost, (pannkakor, omelett, fruktsallad, choklad, kokathé, musli etc.) Lunchen och middag bestod alltid av supergoda soppor, vitloeksbroed, huvudraett och dessert. Och vi lovar er att maten behoevdes! Kroppen foerbraenner ca 4000 kalorier per dag paa hoeg hoejd (ca 4000meter) bara genom ... read more

Day 3 Such an easier day! The slopes are nice and not too steep and there was a beautifull white dog that keeped me company on the trail. I made it to the last camp before Machu Picchu at around 11h00 am and the weather was just perfect. Andre´s knees are giving him problems now so he took it a little bit slower. And guess who has the cold now!!... read more

Wow! I can’t believe I did it! The Inca Trail! It’s just something else. Day 1: A Gentle Start The bus picked us up from our hostel at stupid o clock and it was a couple of hours before we reached our first stop, a little village called Piskacuchu were there were hundreds of locals all selling big sticks for walking, coco leaves, water and snacks. We grabbed a quick breakfast and when i went out the back of the restaurant there was a big cage full of guinea pigs! No doubt headed for the dinner table that night! aaww!! So after we were suitably fed and watered and had bought enough snacks and chocolate to gets us through 45km of mountains reaching 4200m we were off. The road that takes you to the famous Km82 ... read more