The explorer and her explorer hat.
Trip Start
Apr 08, 2010
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Trip End
Jun 05, 2010
Arequipa, Peru
Monday, May 10, 2010
Right, where did I last leave you? I think I was just about to go to Machu Picchu no?
Right well... A few days a go.. maybe 6? I commenced on my Inka Trail trek... before I left I hired a walking stick inorder to aid my legs, and I invested in an explorer hat. My explorer hat was like one of those typical hats with a bit of string hanging down with ´Machu Picchu´ branded accross the front. I wore this along with my zip off trousers and all my hiking gear and I felt like the bees knees. LOL.
Anyway.. Im not sure if many of you know about the Inka Trail but its perhaps one of the most famous treks in the world. You reach an altittude of 4,200 which is pretty high, and er I found it pretty hard to breathe with my asthma. Infact at the end of the second days hike I had abit of an asthma episode and was pretty ill and had to be given oxygen. This was quite scary but everythings OK now and Im breathing normally.
The Inka Trail trek was amazing.. apart from the little episode I loved it and I loved the hiking.. we even saw a spectacle bear which apparantly hadnt been seen in 20 years! There are these porters that carry all your stuff aswell and theyre amazing.. they carry upto 25ks worth of stuff and they literally run it all..its insane! And we had like a 3 course meal and afternoon tea every day whilst on the trail, which the poters all carried and served to us on a table with a table cloth inside a big tent... it was quite an experience! Then we saw Machu Picchu on the last day which was just immense.
We saw colca canyon a ffew days ago.. and loads and loads of condors which was amazing. And today we did a ´Reality Tour´which involved seeing like a handful of things that really hit home. We went to a child care centre and to a graveyard which had its own suiccide sections and to a quarry where all the work was done by hand with no machines and stuff... it was a real experience!
Apart from that my other news is is that I am no longer going to do camp america as they have completely messed me around.. and instead now I am going to travel europe with sar. I dont leave until july so have abit longer at home now!...and also my phone has been cut off so im afraid if you havent been texting me then i havent been receiving it! Sorrrryyy.
Anyway, I hope everythings good back home, i love and miss you all loads.
Lots of love meee xxx
Comments
I miss you!
its great hearing from you. how exciting. big lots of love xxx