We survived, but we’re dead

Salkantay Trek day 4, part 2. We made it to the top and saw a lovely view, the first sighting of Machu Picchu! It looks so freaking far away though and we still have to walk all the way there today! I made another cat friend. She was so, so sweet, and she liked Doritos! We then started the down portion of today’s hike. A horrible, tedious, painful part. We had gone up over 2000ft to Llactapata, another Inca ruin, and now had to go down 2600ft elevation. We were over 4 hours in with about 4 hours to go. Finally, we had lunch at a restaurant. The crazy girls were feeling like they were crazy for choosing to do this and not doing their best mentally. 6 more miles down the road we finally FINALLY made it to Aguas Calientes where our hostel was. We wanted straight to bed but had to wait for dinner. Everyone else of course has energy still and we are walking zombies who want to cry! We finally get to shower and sleep in a bed though! In picture 5 we have Jules, Mink, Stan, Erik, Vlady, Jean Michel, Alex, Wout (Woody), Romain, Louisa, and Joyce and Leen in front!Read more