After breakfast, we headed off on our "easier" day. It started with gaining almost as many feet as yesterday, but a lot more down. When I say down, I mean break-neck stairs. I guess I should mention that the Inca trail was mostly stones laid in a path, but on the steep part, it was actually stairs, many of the stairs were very narrow, much more narrow than my size 9 1/2 feet. It was brutal.
We hiked and hiked and hiked. There was a late lunch because of the terrain, but they gave us a snack to take with us. Orange, apple, candy, cookies. Yum. We didn't start off very fast because one girl in our group was very altitude sick (throwing up and very weak). The only way to get better is to get to lower elevation. Unfortunately, the only way to lower elevation is to go up, up, up, then down. By the time we stopped for lunch, altitude had claimed another victim.
The hike was interesting because we went through several different micro-climates. It was much like a cool temperature jungle. We saw so many beautiful plants and several ruins.
Despite people not feeling well, we all made it to camp for the night.
This was an exciting campground because it had a bar, shop, restaurant, and most importantly SHOWERS! They were supposed to be hot, but they turned out not to be any hotter than luke-warm. We did enjoy a few drinks and loved feeling clean, although it was freezing to take the shower. After dinner, we had all the porters gather together to present our tip. It was very sweet that Juan had each porter stand up and say their name and how happy they were with us, and us with them. We didn't tip as much as we would have liked, considering how much they did for us.
Everyone was in good spirits and met for a quick drink before bed. We were going to be getting up at 4am to get to the sun gate by sunrise.
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