Well, we woke up this morning to an 8am phone call from our trekking agent. She called to inform us that starting tomorrow, there will be a state-wide strike against the new laws the gov´t is enforcing against traffic violations. Apparently, 800 people die a month in traffic accidents, so the gov´t wants to raise the fines, in hopes to reduce the number. The strike will close the roads for the next 48-hours. We were suppose to leave for the trek at 5am tomorrow morning, in which we first have to take a two hour bus ride to the trail head. Plans have changed.
After a quick orientation with the five others whom are in our group, we learned that we will be leaving tonight at 5pm. We will camp near the trail head this evening. We are actually thankful we are leaving this evening, instead of at the crack of dawn tomorrow morning!
So our guide, Robert, gave us a quick outline of the next 4 days....
Day 1-¨Training Day¨ The easies part of the trek, a gradual incline of 10,000 feet. Six miles will take us roughly 6 hours, with stops for breaks.
Day 2-¨Dead Womens Pass¨ Our book says we will be starved for air! The hardest day up the side of a mountain to 13,800 feet. The hike is only four miles long, but will take us 9 hours to climb. Ridiculous!!
Day 3-¨The Longest¨ This is a nine mile hike, which will take us about 8 hours to complete. He said the last 2 1/2 hours will be a steep downslope. We will finally be able to take a hot shower at this campsite, for a small fee!
Day4- ¨Macchu Pichu¨ They are waking us up at 3:45 am so that we can arrive at the gates by 5:30am. Once inside the temple, we will have about 2 hours to explore before taking the train back to Cusco.
Alrighty, we are outta here!! This is the last you will be hearing from us till we get back. Wish us luck!
Cheers,
V&V
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