A overnight airport stop meant we lost a cash card on the way to Cusco but we arrived there excited about the Inca Trail.
They had ridiculous mannequins all around Cusco..I wish they would take off in Wales!
We went to a meeting night before starting the trek and met the two Londoners who were doing the trek with us (we were a bit disappointed there wasn't more people in our group because the other Lost City trek was a good laugh).
Our guide was called Dominic and he had gold teeth (like most of the guides in Peru)
The trek was four days and three nights, we were really lucky with the weather and it was nice that it was a lot cooler than the Lost City Trek.
The fourth day, arriving through the sungate looking down on Machu Picchu was spectacular.
We spent the night in Aguas Calliente (the town at the bottom), did another climb the next day up some crazy ladders and then took a picturesque train ride back to Cusco.
Cusco by night
Local people get paid for plastic bottles, so they go around collecting them out of bins. This guy has been busy collecting...
Traditional Peruvian Dress
The start of the Inca Trail
Porters carrying bags bigger than their body size run past while your struggling with your day pack. All this whilst wearing sandals made out of used car tyres
Our camping spot
Kirsty, Me, Dominic and Pat
'Alex, thats not a piece of chocolate cake'...
The Inca Ruins
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