Ok so most people who know me understand that the prospect of walking 20K per day for 5 days, camping at altitude at the base of snow-capped mountains before ascending hundreds of steps up to the entrance of Machu Picchu is not my most normal of weeks.
That was our challenge though... made harder with only three hours sleep and a hangover. The tríp started well... we were picked up an hour earlier than we had been told to be ready (quick scrambling to pack our things), we found out we were not with the tour agency we booked with (and everyone else on our tour had paid about 100 dollars less than us) and we had to endure a three hour minibus journey to the start point.
Despite this we were lucky to have a good group and immediately made friends with Neil (from the UK) and Shawn (from the US). From thereon we were to form a foursome that made up the core of Team A - a self appointed name for our group which tended to lead the trek.
