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Sunday 10 January 2010
Highlights: The Inca Trail landscape, The Sun Gate, Exploring the Machu Picchu Ruins
Inca Trail Day 4
A very early 4 am start to the day. Andrew got in around 11 pm last night from the local bar so he was not exactly Mr Sunshine that early in the morning. It was much more difficult backing today as we had to use our torches to see being so dark. Andrew can’t get his sleeping mat into the provided bag so I helped stuff it into our holding bag.
Saturday 9 January 2010
Highlights: The Inca Trail landscape, Runnkuraqay Pass, Sayacmarca site, Phuyupatamarca site, Winaywayna, Birthday cake
Inca Trail Day 3
Another 6 am wakeup call saw the start to my birthday hiking the Inca Trail. Yesterday had been a cardio workout but we all knew today would be hard on the knees and the longest day at 16 kms hiking. No pancakes today unfortunately to start but still a good breakfast. I found I as now slowly eating all of the meals provided so my system was restarting.
Friday 8 January 2010
Highlights: The Inca Trail landscape, Warmiwanusca (aka Dead Woman’s Pass), Paqaymayo
Inca Trail Day 2
A very tough day for the Inca Trail Hike; at least from a cardio perspective. We got up around 6 am and our ever helpful porters provided a wake up drink of coca which I declined as my system was shutdown. Now not having this drink was probably a bad thing as the coca helps you breathe at this altitude.
Thursday 7 January 2010
Highlights: The Inca Trail landscape,Piskaccuchu, Llactapata, Wayllabamba
Inca Trail Day 1
I had a bad night with diarrhoea – not a great start to the hike but Karen set me up with pills to shutdown my system, Gareth got me some antibiotics and I also took some herbal pills – in the end I was a walking chemist set and it turned out to totally shutdown this illness and my need to go to the toilet at all.
Wednesday 6 January 2010
Highlights: Planelerra project – Ccaccacollo, Pisc Ruins, Inca Pub, Hiking the ruins of Ollantaytambo
We visited the Planelerra project in the Ccaccacollo Community. Planeterra, which is the charity arm of GAP Adventures to help local communities, has been working with the Ccaccaccollo community to develop a women’s weaving cooperative since 2005. This initiative is to help financially support the women in this village was the men leave for up to 10 months to work as porters on the Inca Trail. I bought a beanie to help keep me warm on the Inca Trail.
Tuesday 5 January 2010
Highlights: Sun Temple, Exploring Inca Ruins
We decided to forgo the free breakfast at the hotel and instead went to ‘Jacks’ were I had the ham & cheese toast, Andrew went for the pancakes. The serves were huge and no one managed to finish. Gareth, Emma, Kelly & Karen decided to head up to the Christ Statue overlooking the city while Andrew and me decided to do some shopping for the Inca Trail before exploring in the afternoon.
Monday 4 January 2010
Highlights: Paragliding over the Sacred Valley of the Incas
I finally managed to eat some food for breakfast so I must be getting over the bug / food poisoning. Andrew managed to convince Karen to sign up for paragliding today so off all three of us went at 9.30 am. The hour drive out to the jumping point was interesting enough and reminded me of how we three did a hike in Sucre not long along. The wind wasn’t that strong so we had to wait for the toilet paper radar to blow (I’m not joking).
Sunday 3 January 2010
Highlights: Struggling to recover, the beautiful Plaza de Armas
First we said goodbye to Shrina, Indu, Kate and Brooke for their Amazon adventure, however it turned out later that Brooke had to miss the Amazon trip due to being unwell. I understand a doctor had to assist Brooke. I was still not well but was much better than the death I felt like last night.
Saturday 2 January 2010
Highlights: Still very unwell
Unfortunately I was still very unwell and this was a travel day. I barely survive the 4 hour journey but I got there somehow.
Friday 1 January 2010
Highlights: Floating islands of Lake Titicaca, Food Poisoning
Andrew and myself showed no ill effects from the big party last night and after a big breakfast made by our ‘mother’ we went down to the boat and said goodbye to the community that gave us so much fun last night.
