I slept like a baby...yes a newborn...I woke up a few times to the sounds of horses grazing outside my tent and to the early morning roosters.
Happy to report my clothes are dry, donned and we are ready to head out by 7:30am.
Breakfast: a type of cream of wheat, toast and coca tea. Coca is good for altitude sickness. The guides and porters chew it like skoal 24/7, I guess if you suck long enough you can pull some cocaine out...
Inca Trail - Day 2
Start: Wayllabamba @ 9,842'
End: Pacaymayo @ 11,929'
Miles traveled: 7.5 miles
Highlights:
Warmiwanusca or Dead Woman's Pass @ 13,828' (highest point on this trail)
Off we go...look ma no stairs! :)
They say no walking sticks...I would not have been able to do it without my poles! Although I would advise you to put rubber tips on the ends, better support, good for the trail and they can't hear you coming!
First refueling and bathroom stop of the day. There are "toilets" (really holes in the ground surrounded by porcelain) along major stops and camp sites. Don't forget your toilet paper! Two hours to go to summit Warmiwanuscca.
Got a little chilly...lets keep on trucking...
Two porters leave in front of us...this trail allows permits for 500 persons per day on the trail, of which 200 are Trekkers, the rest are porters, guides, and cooks...hire a porter!
Uhoh...here are the stairs...
Just a few of my least favorite things...stairs...I was scared for life and am now in stair therapy...
One more big stop before the summit...gets cold in the shade.
Come on, come on...almost there!
A few more hours to go in our 10 hour hiking day...
Hit camp...taking a chance and putting my feet in the water while some fill pots and others wash up up stream from me.
Hi little yella' my home away from home!
See ya in the morning... :)
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