Sumaq Machu Picchu Hotel Aguas Calientes

... Rio Urubamba which flows from down the mountain right past our campsite. When everyone had arrived we had lunch and then played some cards before &#8220;happy hour&#8221; and then had a nap before dinner, and then bed again. A relaxing end to a strenuous morning! <br><br>The third day of the hike was the longest and also covered the most Inca sites, but also ended with a hot shower and a snack bar where you could buy chocolate, chips and beer. So ...

... the morning.<br><br>Paul's and my evening, however, proved to be a bit more tumultuous than expected. At about midnight, after sleeping for a few hours, I woke up to loud commotion in the tent; Paul was making a lot of noise and then quickly burst out of the tent. Groggy, I gradually came to realize, through the smell and noises from outside, that Paul had thrown up in the tent and was continuing to violently throw up outside. Still half-asleep, I checked to see if any of my things had ...

... the past few days. There were hot showers, a sauna (that I did not use) and as always brilliant views across the mountains. We were quickly told to go and find a tent and return for lunch to the dining room. This place really was a luxury, there were more tents than normal so a few of us could have one of our own, I took home in a spacious silver tent, I managed to make more of a mess than I had on previous nights but hey who cared.<br><br>At lunch we made a new friend, a ...

Today we began our walk in the footsteps of the Inca. We are packed with our little daypack with some snacks, water, camera, rain jacket. The rest of our clothes, food and camping gears are carried by local porters. Each porter is carrying 26kg and the only footwear they wearing are sandals. But they past us with a speed, just amazing. We all weaing new walking boots, got trekking sticks, goratex rainjackets, we felt very stuppid. The porter needed to be at ...

... offer pretty much the same trek, so united mice are lucky to have him as a guide, as are we. We continue with the amazing view of the river winding through the valley, with groves of bamboo and massive trees. Stopping to amire wild strawberries, passion fruits in the trees above and begonias and purple orchids lining the path. Unfortunately mid morning the feeling of eden is knocked by a bite I got yesterday (despite, 80 yes ...

Right, you can see from the photos below that we were up really early in order to get on the trail ahead of all the other groups trekking up to Macchupiccu (from now on abbreviated to MP). So early in fact that it turned out I´d left my sunglasses somewhere in the Andes which I discovered as the sun rose over MP that day. For some reason, our guide was off and running as soon as we were let through the ...