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Rain clouds obscuring the mountains at Km82 - Yeah. It was raining when we started the hike, and we were behind schedule. Not a good start to a 4 day trek!

Inca Trail Day 1

The landscape changed frequently on the third day. This part of the hike was essentially in the jungle - lots of moss, frogs, fungi and plenty of greenery. Chirps of little frogs greeted us at every turn.

So instead we'll walk down that way. Alex (our guide) told us that it was an easy, relatively flat walk down. We didn't see how that was possible but Alex did not lie - it was an easy stroll from to lunch.

Woke up at 3:30 to take a place in a queue to the final checkpoint before Machu Picchu that opens at 5:30. We were 5th in the queue (pretty impressive considering that there are about 300 people at the final campsite).

these paths were often raised - up to 5 meters off of the rainforest floor. re-learning: the inca were badass.

Katie and Tom at the Inca site of Runkuracay on day three.

The Incas constructed a trail and cleared the mountain of the all the thick forestation (like that you can see here) then built a city. That's just crazy.