Pretty sore and sorry this morning after a the previous days punishment but still had alot more KM's left in my skinny sticks. This day was by far one of my favourite! The morning was filled with so absolutely jaw dropping views and scenery! Stopped at a few ruins site and made a real good pace to lunch. I was getting used to running alot of it; I felt more comfortable on the trot sometimes and got more of a rush from the surroundings when hot footing it a littl...

Rising early to the porters wake up call.. Buenos Dias amigo .. Cafe!? Still little dark but you snap yourself out pretty quick on these early mornings. Roll up the sleeping bad Fold your air mattress And slam everything into your duffle before running out to meet the crew for breaky. Rosa explained to us that due to the weather the previous day and its unpredictable nature in the jungle we would not be stopping until base camp 2 for lunch , a free afternoon...

All excited for our first day on the trail. Bus takes us to the entry for the national park and we are all frantically packing our duffle bags for the porters to carry with all our clothes and major belongings. Each individual carried their personals ie: snacks, water, poncho, sun cream and insect repellent. Lined up and got the passports stamped for entry into the park. It was stinking hot! Crossed the bridge with Jamie and we were in! This was it, the beginni...

I'm going to attempt to recount my inca trail experience as best I can as I left it stupidly well over a month to do so!! After breakfast at the prisma the gang piled into our mini van for day 1 of our adventure. This day was not a hiking day. We left cusco and visited a cool animal reserve were we saw some pumas and condors and then onto the sacred valley. This is supposed to be like the "gateway" to the inca trail. We also visited a village where we got to se...