Day 1 trek

Well we were up at 3:30am and on the road by 4 am. Thankfully we didn't encounter any protesting lorry drivers. The four hour drive, 2 hrs on tarmac, 1.5 hrs on a rough road and then 30 mins on a mountain track wasn't too bad. Breakfast left a lot to be desired. 3:30 was too early to eat at the hotel and a dry roll and grotty cereal bar at a 'restaurant' was awful. Thankfully I had a tracker bar in my rucksack.

We started our trek at 8:45. It started off up, up, up and was quite tough but we all coped well. We stopped half way for an enjoyable lunch apart from being accosted by hundreds of mosquitoes. After lunch we walked for another 90 minutes when our lodge came into view. It is superb and we have all just spent the last half hour in the outdoor jacuzzi watching the sun turn Mt Salkantay pink. The long day was worth it. Now it's shower time before meeting up with our guide at 6:30 for a briefing re tomorrow.

The photo shows the data for today.