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Cuzco (31 March)
We got a flight to Cuzco at 8 the next morning and got taken to our hotel and met the tour leader who explained the trail. Hadn´t quite realised what we were letting ourselves in for, trekking 10km a day, camping for 3 nights and going from altitude of about 3000m above sea level to about 4250m. I only have my Onitsuka Tiger trains so its going to be an interesting walk. To help ourselves acclimatise we had some coca tea which is apprently good for altitude sickness, and a few pints of Guinness at the highest Irish pub in the pub in the world, to increase our Iron intake! We head off to the Sacred Valley tomorrow (1 April) and start the trail the next day, beofre returning to Cuzco on Monday. Wish us luck!
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