• Breaking camp and heading to Cusco

    December 1, 2024 in Peru ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

    We were up at 5am after a very cold and wet night!  It rained all night which didn’t make for a very pleasant trip to the toilet at 2am!  Mark was on breakfast duty, so I packed up our sleeping bags and mats.  My blood sugar was really low and, by the time I emerged from the tent that, combined with the altitude and the cold, made me very wobbly, breathless, and tearful!  Not a great start to the day!  Everyone was very kind.  After a coffee and a banana, I felt much better!

    We were all packed up and on the road by 6.30am.  Everyone was looking forward to getting to Cusco and, hopefully, getting a hot shower and some clean clothes!

    Yet again, the scenery was incredible!  Yet again, we were up in the clouds!
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