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Val is holding trekking pole. The handle is handmade of alpaca wool. I never appreciated using trekking poles, but some people claim they are good for knees. In my experience, they are just extra exercise for hands.
Probably it's time to explain that common opinion about what the word Inca means is wrong. Inca was not the name of the people lived here. There name was Quechua. Inca means King in Quechua. Thus Camino Inca means The Kings Way. The steps as seen on the picture are worthy The King.
They're referred to as the "red army" for obvious reason. Or "senioritas rojas" as our tour guide greeted them on the way to the trail.
We started our next day early in the morning - cook and porters needed to catch a very early train to Cusco. The long line of tourists and porters waited some time before the opening of this control post. We got stamps on the permits that we officially left Inca Trail and entered Machu Picchu area.
Inca Trail When the traveler on his first visit to Cusco raises his eyes and looks up at the clean and fluffy sky his doubts disappear: To days great adventure is to follow in the footsteps of the ancient dwellers of the Inca Empire. Why invest up to four days trekking on steep paths to reach the old citadel of Machu Picchu, if there is a railroad that can take you there in comfort in only six hours? Only the experience itself can supply the answer. Inca Trail
On our way to the Inca Trail head, the road was washed out a bit and it needed to be repaired. This was the second attempt at repairing it; rocks in the hole.
I'm not sure if that's how he spell's his name, but this guy was really amazing. We had gourmet meals all along the trail...and his chef's uniform and hat were always bright white and never wrinkled, on top of it all!!
These two little girls were trying to squeeze the last little bit of daylight out of the day here in the doorway while we hiked into our first camp on the trail.
www.sapadventures.net/ The Inca Trail is a magnificent, well preserved Inca Trail route which connects Machu Picchu with what once were other regions of the Inca Empire, and today it is one of the world’s most popular treks. This four-day walk goes from the highlands of 4,200mts and down through the cloud forests to finally arrive at Machu Picchu - 2,380mts
Fog approached Dead Woman Pass as we waited for our group. After everyone arrived, Freddie led us up a rocky slope where each of us placed a piece of stone which we picked up from our first camp site onto a rock, forming a small vertical pile of stones. He and another porter took out a bottle of rum, and we held a small ritual to thank "pachamama" (Mother Earth).