Hiking the Inca Trail
Hiking to Machu Picchu along the Inca Trail is the highlight of my year traveling. It's so amazing. Standing 4,0 meters high on the mountain, overlooking the peaks of the Andes, and to know that I hiked there, filled me with joy and awe. I did not want to be somewhere else. However, I will not lie, it took some work, but it was worth every penny.
Day 1
They broke us on the first day with a gentle start along a wide path that led through the Sacred Valley. Described as "Inca Flat ', the trail starts next to the Urubamba River and meanders through the trees and scrub brush, slowly gaining altitude.
Our guide, Marco, kept us at different points along the way, we to tell the story, not only of the way and the ruins along the way, but also by the Incas people and their struggle for survival. Marco was passionate about his ancestors history and, as time passed, we realized that he not only to tell us stories that come from guidebooks but that his knowledge was much deeper. He had not only time at the University spent studying had also spent time in the mountains with the Incas descendants and thus had a unique perspective on the environment.
day 2
We wake at 5:00 to the sound of bustle outside. when I rubbed the sleep from his eyes, a porter appeared with hot tea and another a bowl of hot soap and water brought for me to wash with. I drank my tea, washed and packed the few things that I was responsible (disassemble the support and everything except your personal belongings carry)
It was cold, as we refer hike on the day. - Frost kept the distance on the sides and I could exhale worked my breath with each to see. We were already feeling the altitude and had more than a thousand yards away. We rose quickly above the tree line and were rewarded with stunning views of mountains and valleys, which would be our companion for the rest of the day. The climb to the pass of the dead woman was adamant. Up manufactured and higher and higher and higher along the old Inca trail from huge stone steps. My heart was beating wildly, my lungs were close and seemingly too small for the task, and my legs felt like cement, when I tried to lob over and over again up to the next step.
Then it was on the other side - a 0M drop on a beautiful stone pathway in the valley deforestation. If I thought that would be the easy part, I was wrong. Controlling those disk leadened legs was an exercise in concentration. In the afternoon we saw climb before they fall into another valley, which was more than the jungle undergrowth another 400M. We crossed the valley our campsite to find a series of astrological ruins overlooking. Fog set in as the light faded lending provides an eerie feeling for the landscape, but also an insulating heat. After 16KM walk through two passes, it did not take much of the special "rum tea" all from rest to a good night to send us.
Day 3
as much as Day 2 on climbing, day 3 about relegation - overall we fall nearly 800M. I'm not sure what is more difficult, but I know that my legs after a day were more sore go down, as they were after the first day 2. Here, the walking stick is all I had really proven carrying! We secured the treeline fell down, the conclusion of jungle like scenery and could begin to understand how Machu Picchu hidden for so many years through the jungle.
We shared storage that night than other groups on the campsite came up before the entrance to the premises. We enjoyed it much needed showers and beer before a late dinner and early bedtime. would Tomorrow it the Sun Gate and our first glimpses of the lost city.
Day 4
Reaching the Sun Gate was amazing. Looking through them to the sight of Machu Picchu made under all the difficulties of migration disappear. Sitting underneath on a plateau, the site looked just as beautiful and mysterious as I had expected.
walking around Machu Picchu for the rest of the day I was left in awe, could have as the ancient Incas built such a huge city without modern machinery. The ingenuity and precision was amazing and the attention to detail amazing. The buildings and masonry are stunning displays of form, function and amazing astronomical and geographical knowledge. Stones are placed, or carved, fit exactly with the sun winter and summer solstice positions or along the Trim geographical lines align. See a rock in the shape of Incan cross carved and then shows how to match the points of a compass, I was amazed at the knowledge that the Incas must have had. The whole city and the mountains took my breath away.
Gillian believes that we all only a giant step to make our dreams come true are. She and her partner Jason, left the house in 09 for a one-year trip around the world. She writes about their experiences at One-Giant-Step.com
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