Louie, Louie, Louie

What a day! I was picked up at 5:15, Adrianna and Earl were already in the bus as well as Mariana and Sofía, a Mexican and a Columbian girl. We were driving for 2 hours, had breakfast in a little village and then the road got very narrow, crossing other buses was, hmm, let's say, adventurous. The same as the music choice. The last song before getting out of the car was Louie, Louie, Louie from Modern Talking being in our head all day. As a group we will decide the titles of the days for my blog. Today, no doubt, it is this 'wonderful' song
We could already see Mt. Salkantay, 6700m. Beautiful. At our starting point we gave our big backpack to the horses/mules, what a luxury and we started to walk with only the daypack to a lagoon on the foot of Mt. Ulantay. Oh already for that the whole trip was worth it. It was breathtaking! This mountains are so massiv. Wow. We walked the same trail back down and had lunch. We ascended up to 4400m, where our camp was. Nina suffered from altitude sickness. It is quite impressive and a bit scary. She was out of breath, hyperventilating, feeling nauseous and we still had a hundred meters of ascent to do. We took our time and she made it. I was very impressed by her. It is not a thing you want to have and it gets you out of the blue. After diner we went outside, it was freezing cold but the surrounding with those mountains and the stars, just splendid.Read more