HOT! showers

The night was cold but I slept very well. Fortunately Nina felt a bit better after a rough night and with some delicious breakfast in our tummies we started the ascent up to 4600m. The way up there was one of the most beautiful sights I've ever seen. Already the night before when those big mountains stood there with the stars shining we all felt so little and unimportant, it was the same feeling walking up today. The majesty of those mountains and the view are indescribable. We didn't stay that long up there because of the altitude sickness. We hiked down to 4200m where again a yummie lunch was waiting for us. It is impressive the things they cook up there. We continued all the way down (my knees are now twice the seize they normally are). The vegetation was changing drastically from rock brown green to all green rainforest just after a curve. We arrived at the campsite at around four, an hour earlier then planned. So we all decided to take a hot shower for 10 Soles each. I was the first, with the nice lady showing me how to use the shower. There was a handle for the hot and the cold. She tested the hot one and it worked. So I started my shower, thought, wow, this is hot, put shampoo in my hair and then it got even hotter. The cold handle didn't work. So I turned off the hot and turned it on again so it was a bit cooler in the beginning and could finish my shower without burning my skin. I got back to the others telling them how hot it was. Earl was next, being surprised on how hot it was. He used the splashing technic to not to burn himself. Next Marianne, same problem, slightly different technic. When it was Ninas turn, Coco, our guide, overheard our sharing experiences with the extremely hot shower and went into action. So Nina was under the burning shower and the lady came in after Coco explained the issue. Nina had to cover herself with a way too small towel. The lady couldn't fix the cold water handle so Coco tried, no success. Others came and tried, Nina, now freezing and still kind of uncovered, what a picture! At the end there were about six people, a baby included, in the shower and somehow someone fixed the handle and Nina could finish the memorable shower under well deserved decent warm water. We had such a laugh about it over a beer. After diner we called it an early night. What a wonderful day that was.Read more