For some reason Matt refused to tube down the Urubamba River to Machu Picchu.
And Kerri refused to take the train.
So we decided to hike the Classic Inca trail.
It is normally done in 4 days, but last week there were some mud slides at the last camp site, so we had to do it in 3.
The Inca trail is 42 km long, so it’s like hiking from St. Albert to Leduc.
If there were a couple of mountains between St Albert and Leduc.
The weather was great, despite it being the end of the rainy season. It only rained when we were safely inside our tent. And twice while we were in the lunch tent. And on the other side of a mountain while we were walking. But never on us.
Some people live along the first section, and horses, donkeys and llamas are allowed on it.
Most of the second and third days are on the original Incan stone paths, so animals are not allowed. Only 200 tourists and 300 porters per day are allowed.
Between hiking days we camped.
This is our food tent.
It was cosy and dry.
The food was wonderful.
The sleeping tents had just enough room for the two of us and our stuff.
This is our toilet tent. It contained a two toilet seats mounted on a buckets. One for #1 and one for #2.
This is one of the larger campsites.
