walking along....

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Originally uploaded by deambular.

I was in a group of 15 people. It was one of the cheapest deals, so it attracted an interesting and fun group of people. To hike on the Inka trail you have to have a registered guide, and usually porters go as well. These guys haul so much stuff, they wear sandals and just care everything using a blanket. The food was excellent, lots of soup, cocoa tea, popcorn, and high carb meals. A gregarious group of Argentines were part of the group, they played all these crazy but addictivly entertaining card games. An Israeli, a group from Colorado, people from California, Australia, Italy, and of course Iowa were also along.

After the end of the hike, the Argentines hiked from Machu Pichu, all the way back to where we started. Most people take the train to safe themselves from the 30km hike. However it is very expensive, around 40 dollars for a ticket. So they walked all the way, through train tunnels, past rivers, towns, mountains. I saw them the next day, they all looked so beat.