We were awoken at 5.45 by the porters with a cup of coffee in bed which soon made you forget your uncomfortable nights sleep.
With the camp being deconstructed around us, we had breakfast and headed up the biggest slope of the trip to Dead Womans Pass (so named because the mountain resembles a woman lying on her back) We kept aiming for her chest!
I kept up with the pack but was soon overtaken by the 4 boys. Yvonne and I kept setting ourselves goals as we zig zagged up the hill, reaching the top in elation! We all got lollies from Mauro to celebrate!
Downhill then for an hour (working different muscles again) and completely suurrounded in cloud. The group is quite evenly paced so we reached the "lunch spot" at 10.30am!
With the cloud rolling in and shroaded in rain, the group donned their ponchos and we headed up once more stopping at RUNKURAQUY the ruins of a messengers house to learn about communication across the empire.
With the camp being deconstructed around us, we had breakfast and headed up the biggest slope of the trip to Dead Womans Pass (so named because the mountain resembles a woman lying on her back) We kept aiming for her chest!
I kept up with the pack but was soon overtaken by the 4 boys. Yvonne and I kept setting ourselves goals as we zig zagged up the hill, reaching the top in elation! We all got lollies from Mauro to celebrate!
Downhill then for an hour (working different muscles again) and completely suurrounded in cloud. The group is quite evenly paced so we reached the "lunch spot" at 10.30am!
With the cloud rolling in and shroaded in rain, the group donned their ponchos and we headed up once more stopping at RUNKURAQUY the ruins of a messengers house to learn about communication across the empire.
At the top of the hill we placed a stone to thank God for the safe passage. Whilst we were re-enacting Incan rituals, I personally felt that the whole experience was just as much a pilgrimage for me, and said a prayer myself as I placed the stone. Whilst the incas worshipped Nature, it is just as easy to thank our creator, and with the scenery around us it is easy to see why.
Down some more, and past the ruins of SAYAQMARKA the home of the shamen, and a lesson about Incan medicine. We were now in the cloud forest and the trees were covered in hanging moss and lichen. We settled in for the night in the middle of a cloud!
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