Sunday August 23, 2009:
Today we set out for the second pass at 13,000 feet. The climb was only 2,000 feet and we knocked it off fairly quickly. We saw the ruins at Sayacmarka and Chaquicocha (located at our final destination today). Much of the trail was through wonderful cloud forest today with wild orchids and other plants blooming all over the place. We hiked along or near a ridge for most of the time once we were over the second pass. This section was called Peruvian flats which basically means you go up or down about 100 feet at most but most of the trail is fairly flat.
Ou guide Miguel keeps telling us that the next stop for a snack, lunch or the camp is going to be 2 hours. We then reach it in 90 minutes. We think this is part of his strategy to keep us happy. We had a chat with him about Peruvian minutes compared to North American minutes and had a good laugh about it.
Our camp today at Chaquicocha is on top of a mountain ridge. We could see peaks around us that were up to 20,000 feet high. Ours was the only group at the campsite so things were quite quiet. A couple of the guys went down to explore the ruins which still had a working water system to supply the small community.
Early to bed because of an early hike tomorrow.
Great meals again
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