Inca Trail - day III - 29.06

wake-up call again at 5:20am :( .. this time there were no roosters :) but at 5:20 our assistant guide fixed it and made this long and loud rooster noise :D .. one thing i forgot to mention was that at 5:20 when they woke everybody up they also served hot tea/coffee at your tent door :D that was so incredibly nice!

so breakfast at 6 and leaving at 6:30 again. third day was suppose to be the most beautiful.. and it was.. although the whole trail was gorgeous. this time we passed through rain forest-like nature. there was some uphill and some downhill and the whole time was sooo incredibly beautiful. again we had stops on the way and were told more stories about the incas and introduced to the purpose of the ruins and the lifestyles of ancient peoples. our trail took us from the camp at 3500m to second pass at 3950m to the third pass at 3670m to the last camp at 2700m.

at the second pass we held a ritual so that we would be welcomed at the mountains .. it was beautiful. we really had an incredible guide! we had one of those incredible lunches again on the way and the trail continued. we were also handed out snacks to munch on along the way.

there have also been competitions on the inca trail. the record from KM82 to Machu Pichu is 3h40´!!!! i have no idea how that is possible by any means. one of the porters did it some 5 years ago if i remember correctly.

our last camp was at Wiñay Wayna. we arrived there at 4:30or so.. left our bags at the tent and went to visit another ruin that was just 5 minutes walk from the camp. tea time at 5 like usual and dinner at 7:15. during the tea time we collected all the tips for the guides, cooks and porters. that was a complicated process but we were all happy about the way the trip was organized so they got pretty good tips from us. at dinner time there was a ceremony as well with the porters and cooks, carried out by the guide. it was nice, we got to thank them and there were speeches and it was heart warming.

then to bed. it was considerably warmer at this campsite and i got another good sleep :D although short as we needed to get up early in the morning.