The Unforgettable Day
On Monday October 2nd.
One thing that I found it very uncomfortable was sleeping in the tent. The ground was hard and was not flat, it was hurting my back no matter how I leaned or putting my weight equally to the ground. On top of that, the sleeping bag that I brought for this trip was very light weighted but not warm enough. For both nights, I did not get good sleeps. On the first night, I thought it was because of my over excitementment. The second night was even worse. I heard the heavy rain through out the night that made me worry about the possibility of whole camp ground getting flooded. I was wearing the warmest sweater over the long sleeve shirts and I was still feeling cold inside of my sleeping bag. I was very worried about catching any cold.
I survived the night and was still full of energy. It was because the day 3 hiking course was the climax of this whole inca trail and hightened the importance. It indeed was the most unforgetable, magical, and sacred trail of the whole trip. At 5:30 am, the porter woke us up like yesterday, we had another huge inca breakfast, walking along the stream called Pacaymayu, and headed for the first archiological site, called RUNKURAKAY (video_1). Runkurakay takes it name from its half circle shape with a single entrance way with seven door-holes leading off into seven different rooms. The semicircular shape allows for shelter from the strong winds in the area. Nataly gave us a lecture about the place(video_2), and then we walked through the clouds near the lake, Yanacocha (the Black Lake), caught in the heavy rain with thunders, and then the hails...., right before we arrive at the next archiological site called, Sayaqmarca. It was adventurous and wild as if we were like in the Indiana Jones movie (video_3). Sayaqmarca is an interesting Inca ruin on the top of steep mountain, with a panoramic view over the Acobamba valley and the snow clad Pumasillo peak. It means "inaccessible town" or "town in a steep place". It's also been called a fortress. This part was stunning with beautiful views of the cloud forest! Because the windbreaker that I thought it was waterproof was not at all, I got completely soaked by the rain just before we arrived at our lunch break tent site. Stuffs inside of my backpack also got wet so I wore Fredrik's dirty t-shirts that he wore the day before after taking off my drenched clothes.
One thing that I found it very uncomfortable was sleeping in the tent. The ground was hard and was not flat, it was hurting my back no matter how I leaned or putting my weight equally to the ground. On top of that, the sleeping bag that I brought for this trip was very light weighted but not warm enough. For both nights, I did not get good sleeps. On the first night, I thought it was because of my over excitementment. The second night was even worse. I heard the heavy rain through out the night that made me worry about the possibility of whole camp ground getting flooded. I was wearing the warmest sweater over the long sleeve shirts and I was still feeling cold inside of my sleeping bag. I was very worried about catching any cold.
I survived the night and was still full of energy. It was because the day 3 hiking course was the climax of this whole inca trail and hightened the importance. It indeed was the most unforgetable, magical, and sacred trail of the whole trip. At 5:30 am, the porter woke us up like yesterday, we had another huge inca breakfast, walking along the stream called Pacaymayu, and headed for the first archiological site, called RUNKURAKAY (video_1). Runkurakay takes it name from its half circle shape with a single entrance way with seven door-holes leading off into seven different rooms. The semicircular shape allows for shelter from the strong winds in the area. Nataly gave us a lecture about the place(video_2), and then we walked through the clouds near the lake, Yanacocha (the Black Lake), caught in the heavy rain with thunders, and then the hails...., right before we arrive at the next archiological site called, Sayaqmarca. It was adventurous and wild as if we were like in the Indiana Jones movie (video_3). Sayaqmarca is an interesting Inca ruin on the top of steep mountain, with a panoramic view over the Acobamba valley and the snow clad Pumasillo peak. It means "inaccessible town" or "town in a steep place". It's also been called a fortress. This part was stunning with beautiful views of the cloud forest! Because the windbreaker that I thought it was waterproof was not at all, I got completely soaked by the rain just before we arrived at our lunch break tent site. Stuffs inside of my backpack also got wet so I wore Fredrik's dirty t-shirts that he wore the day before after taking off my drenched clothes.
Cusquena
the local bear of Peru.Four months after our Peru trip, Fredrik and I visited Berta's, the south american restaurant in the Old Town, here in San Diego. Right now, I am in the middle of reading the travelouges- "Tales of a Female Nomad"- by Rita Golden Gelman (it was a birthday gift from Ramesh) and I have been very interested in a cuisine from El Salvador called pupusa. Although the Berta serves pupusa, I did not get the pupusa this time (since pupusa is more like a lunch menu and considered a light meal like a hotdog here), instead I had a brazillian pasta dish called Tallarines Vatapa and the sause made of cheese and some nuts are very similar to some sause i experienced in Peruvian restaurants. Fredrik ordered Cusquena, the peruvian beer and all of sudden, I became nostalsic. It is a lagar beer, crisp, I enjoy the taste, and reminds of Peru.
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