The entire trek lasted 4 days with the best guide we've ever had who showed us all of the ruins that led up to MP and explained their significance to the Incas during that time. He also taught us a special ceremony where people gave respect to Pachamam (mother earth) by stacking rocks and spilling alcohol on the ground before taking a pull, somewhat similar to what Americans do while listening to Pac or Biggie. I'll put a pic of Freddy, our amazing/traditionally named guide, preparing the rocks along with others after I'm done writing.
Anyways, we got to meet a lot of fun people on the trek, one of them being the actress from the hit TV series GREEK. Much to my surprise though, she had no idea who DiNovi was so that relationship was shortly lived. I was shocked to see how many people we were hiking with though. We had to leave for the last leg of the trip to MP somewhere around 4 in the morning just so we could get a chance to experience it without a ton of people. It was well worth it in the end though because there's way more to see there than I ever thought. We didn't get to hike Wayna Picchu (the huge mountain you see in all the postcard pics) due to the weather and tickets being sold out but I guess we'll save that for next time.
The journey ended in a small back-packer town called Aguas Calientes where we met up with our group and Freddy to have some celebration beers. Here are some pictures of the trip, Freddy, us and some sick views. Salud.
-Chaz
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