Our visa to visit USA ended and we moved on, to be more precise we went to Lima in South America. Our flight from LA took us first to the airport in Ciudad de Mexico. We waited for few hours, bought small bottle of tequila and tried some fancy pastry named Pan de Muerto (we were there just in time for Haloween). Sadly we didn’t have enough time to get out of the airport. Anyway, our connecting flight was ready and we hopped on, all the way to Lima in Peru.
Peru
Arequipa – The White City
We thought we knew how public transport in Peru works, but my friends, we were wrong. Even though we were travelling through Peru for a month Arequipa still had some surprises for us.
Machu Picchu one in a lifetime experience
It was five in the morning, dark and cold. We were waiting in a long queue of other impatient people who wanted to walk up to the Machu Picchu. We'll get there before first buses and maybe have a chance to see sunrise at the Sun Gate. Our plan was perfect, we only needed to show our ticket to some guys who looked like something between army and police officers.
The Salkantay trail – Day 5
Suddenly, out of nowhere, we heard buzzing sound. Insect was obvious suspect. At first we ignored it but when it lasted more than fifteen minutes we started to look around.
The Salkantay trail – Day 4
It was necessary to cross one bridge on the way. It looked like something that was holding together solely by thoughts and prayers.
The Salkantay trail – Day 3
We were hoping for nice views once we got there, Salkantay snowy peak, some lake and so on. But it was not meant to be. It was getting misty and cloudy, but at least it was not raining.
The Salkantay trail – Day 2
There were not many shelters to hide. But we found one. There was a place under one huge rock. Not much space, roughly one meter between ground and a "ceiling". So we crawled under it and realized that it was used as a toilet by many hikers before.
The Salkantay trail – Day 1
It was really dark, rain was pouring on our heads and we couldn't see more than few meters ahead. At that moment we heard a horse whine and the sound of hooves coming in our direction. We held each others hand and hoped that the horse will see us rather than smash into us and push us over the edge of the abyss.