Camino Inca

The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu has been conquered!! ha!!
Well I made it, it was rough, and very hot and hard but not nearly as painful as I thought it would be and it turns out my group `maybe very good walkers`, so we made good time (some even went so far as to carry all their own gear and beat most of the porters!!).
I had a great group of people, mostly around my age, mostly single, mostly female. And a Swedish couple in their 50s. The rest were American or Canadian except for 2 swedish girls and an aussie girl, so they managed to remind me that not all americans are loud and offensive, though they do tend to have a different travelling style when they are on vacation for only a few weeks. I do have more people to visit while in North America though which will be nice after leaving Teresa behind. Overall, the food was amazing, the porters spectacular, and the toilets the nastiest on earth. My hand sanitiser was a blessing to the entire group, and note to all those who think they might like to try it - take more toilet paper than you think you could ever, ever need. Watching the sunrise onto Machu Picchu from the Sun Gate on the last morning was great with perfect weather, but we were probably too tired to appreciate it properly! Then a short walk down allowed us to see what all the fuss was about, unfortunately it was so hot and still and we didn`t have enough water for the 2.5hour tour so everyone was glad to get the hell out of there!!! Though that meant a bus trip down to Aguas Calientes (I don`t recommend staying there or the hot pools) then a 4 hour train ride back to Cusco, though a few of us bailed with an hour to go to catch a bus that took 20min.