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...

Arriving in the wee hours of the morning at cusco's wild rover hostel I was greeted with a pleasant surprise of a free nights accommodation for having worked at the lapaz sister hostel. I was able to check straight in and get a few hours rest. Up around 8.30am and headed to the bar for breakfast and wifi. Introduced myself to the bar staff who once found out that I was also a loyal wild rover insisted on me jaeger bombing a few to start the day. Met Jamie, a hil...

Not time for breaky in the morning. Up and at em around 6am. Picked up from out the front of the hostel and taken down to the wharfs. Once on our tour boat we were greeted by a Peruvian flute player that blasted some awesome tunes. I was really excited for the day , weather was great and I'd heard great reviews from people I'd met previously. What I still can't wrap my head around is that lake titikaka sit 3813m above sea level!! And is one of the biggest lakes...