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After plunging my dirty boot into this I wondered whether I would be struck down by some Incan god for dishonoring this thing...though I didn't get any clear explanation of what it actually was.
According to my GPS, the correction on the sign is still inaccurate. My GPS reads 4153 meters above sea level (I didn't upload that closer picture). We asked our guide to skip camp on this side of the Inca Chiriaska Pass in hope the other side will give us warmer night and lower altitude. Our soar throat/bloody eye conditions bothered us.
Our guide Guido, cook Chucho (between Guido and Val) and porters did a great job. Of course, we wanted to show our appreciation usual way, but there were only 2 tourists in the group, and we couldn't award adequately 7 people (2 horsemen left earlier).
The Inka Trail got used as a communication system for the Incas to run from one place to another in the humongous Inca Empire which stretched from south Colombia to north of Argentina. There are different Inca trails to hike, but this one is the most famous Inca trail and it will take you from Sacred Valley to Machu Picchu which is one of the Seven Wonders of the World, through beautiful landscapes and different archaeological Inca sites.