OK Just finished the Inca trail which is a 4 day hike ending in Machu Piccu the lost city of the incas. It was a great hike except for the fact that 9 out of 12 of us got violently ill and were spewing and pooing whilst walking. It starts just outside of Cusco at about 2700m above sea level. The first day was a nice walk for about 4 hours through a valley with a breif climb near the end. We then camped and went to bed early because the next day is the hardest. Day 2 consists of 3 and a half hours of slogging up hill from 2700m above sea level (masl) to a pass in the mountains at 4200masl! which was realy hard going followed by an hour down hill to camp. I made it to the top very well but as i started going down i started spewing my guts up. Instead of an hour walk to camp it took me 2. Everyone was nice to me but i could tell they all thought i was weak till they all started getting sick over the next 3 hours. Luckly I was the first to get sick cause i recovered the quickest and could walk fine the next day unlike everyone else. The next day was the longest but not that hard. It was 4 hours before lunch followed by 2 hours after lunch. When we finished we all (those of us who could) went for beers at a little bar they have set up in the campsite followed by an early bed cause we had to wake up at 4am to do the last hours hike in to machu piccu to watch the sun come up. Day 4 arrived and it was raining which sucked! We slogged out the last hour to the Sun Gate where your ment to see machu in the distance but it was so foggy and wet thet we couldn´t see a thing. We went straight to the coffee shop to warm up and wait for the rain to stop which it eventuly did but the fog was still hanging around. Our guide then gave us a 2 hour tour of the city and by the end the fog had cleared and i managed to get some good photos. It was then off to the hot springs in the town down the hill for a soak then onto the train for the trip back to cusco.
When we got back to cusco most of us took the machu piccu 24 hour challange where we had to stay out till 4am cause we woke up at 4am (obviously). We had a huge night and i managed the machu piccu 41 hour challange and didn´t go to bed till 9pm the next night. Cusco deffenently knows how to party.
Well thats all ive got at the moment so ill try to put some photos up now and ill write more soon.
Love to all
