I'm not sure how many of these eggs made it to the first base camp!!

Four days of hiking at altitude, three nights of sleeping in a tent, and one dodgy stomach bug can seriously wipe you out.

Walls at Sayac Marca

...based around a natural wing-shaped rock formation

Waiting to go through the final checkpoint on day 4 - the race to the Sun Gate and Machu Picchu! This was taken at 3.30 a.m. with the checkpoint opening at 5.30!

The first switchback! this was right after the suspension bridge and was actually enough to get me out of breath because of the high altitude. Not a good omen for all of the much harder switchbacks we would face over the next 4 days!!

Inca Trail Day 1

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