Journey to Machu Picchu (Day 4) We had all decided the night before that we were going to sleep in, and take a bus to our lunch destination. We were all very tired (especially for the ones that stayed up really late last night). It was a two hour bus ride (so worth it!) until we got to the begining of the train tracks (we were close!). When we stopped for lunch, it was in a restaurant. I wanted to drink something, but the owner was charging me 5 Soles (kind of e...

Journey to Machu Picchu (Day 3) "Coca!" was the first thing I heard this morning again. I barely slept last night because I was starting a bad cold. Congestion, coughing, fever were all keeping me up last night. The warm taste of coca tea felt really good about now. Today, we were going to start walking into the valley where the temperature was more temperate and the vegetation is jungle-like. I liked this walk a lot more. We got to go through nice br...

Journey to Machu Picchu (Day 2) All of us barely slept last night. It was about -5 to -10 Celcius. At 5:30am, Hassan and I got woken up by one of the cooks banging on the tent and shouting: "Coca!" It was our morning coca tea. As we struggled to get up, wrapping ourselves with the blankets and savouring the hot warmth of the tea, I thought to myself that at least the worst night was over and now we have a 10 hour trekahead of us. I walked ahead with W...

My Journey to Machu Picchu (Day 1) I had to get up at 4:15am this morning because I was being picked up at 4:45am. I was still a bit upset about Kelly's goodbye but I figured that this trip was going to help me forget. I was the first to be picked up and the van picked up five other people (two of which were from Holland, more about one of them later). The other people in the van were not in my group for the trek. We showed up at a place near the Plaza where a ...

I had trouble getting up this morning. I think I got up at 10am. I was late for my last day of my project, however I knew that today was just a day for goodbyes. I got to my project at 11am, and the kids were learning more about Peru. The kids were leaving early today (around 12) because they were all going on a field trip to some park in Cuzco. Margoth stopped the class to let everyone know that today was my last day. While she was making her speech and thanking...