Days 3-7: Hiking the Salkantay Trail
The first day was really rough, the altitude (3400-3800m) sickness hit me a lot harder than I thought. I had a throbbing headache and ended up going to sleep as soon as we made it to camp and skipped dinner! My altitude sickness was bad, but I didn't have to end up riding a horse and was able to walk the whole trail. The second day, I was feeling slightly better after having some coca tea (it helps with the altitude). The Incas didn't have any horses, so they used to send messages between cities with human runners. These runners would chew dried coca leaves for the energy it would give them. We took some horses up to Humantay glacial lake (4200m)!The lake was absolutely incredible, it was so peaceful! After a (relatively) short walk, we arrived at our camp for the evening just as it was starting to rain. The third day was our most physically challenging, we had a very steep climb to the Salkantay Pass (4600m)! We enjoyed the incredible views before a long descent through the c...
