Pucallpa, Peru 2007-2008

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Up Up and Up









This was how it felt the first day. We just kept on going up. We started out on our hike to Matchu Picchu from Santa Maria. It was a nice dirt road that had a good incline. Then we broke off into the trail. From there on out I and the rest of the gang was tierd. We walked up a mountain rising a few thousand feet and the went down the mountain. We had decided that we didn't need a guide so doing it by ourselves was an adventure. Thankfully we were inbetween two tours so if we were to get lost there would atleast be people around us. The hike up was tiering but once we got to the top it was amazing. You could see the vally and the tracks that we had come from just a few hours ago at the bottom of the valley. It was truly amazing. We were surrounded by rivers and mountains that were covered with pluch green trees. As we were hiking down we had the cliff on one side of us and the mountain right by our arm. It was a thrilling experience to be surrounded by so beautiful tracks and to have such a derastic incline. The day after we finished our hike to aguas caliente on which is the base of Matchu Picchu. We were excited to finally stay in a hostel after not showering or sleeping in a bed for the last two nights. The next morning we hiked up to Matchu Picchu. It rained all the way up and as we got to the top it stoped raining. We went in without a guide and followed the signs to Matchu Picchu Mountain and hoped that we were going in the right direction. We hiked again. Up up and up. We saw people that tured around because they said the trail went no where. We decided that it was a trial and that it had to go somewhere. We kept on going up the trail into the fog. The fog cleared and we saw that the trail went along the mountain for miles. We sat down on a rock hoping that the fog would clear and that we could see our surroundings. As we started having our morning worship together and started singing, the fog cleared and we could see what was before us. Matchu Picchu. The ruins and the Mt. that we thought we were climging was right below us. The sight was amazing. We were surrounded by three mountains and the fourth one that usually was surrounding us we were on. We hiked down after taking many pictures and enjoying the view. We walked around the ruins then headed down the mountain and it started raining again. Ha. Funny. Although the hike was exausting and sometimes we wanted to stop, we were all to stubborn to quit and kept on going. We made it to Matchu Picchu and now have amazing new memories and pictures of our treck.

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