Last Trekking Day

Today was pretty uneventful. We walked through a beautiful valley until we
reached our vans. Remi, hobbling along as his big toe is now afflicted with Gout.
When reached the vans, it's with heavy hearts and tears that we said goodbye
to our wonderful Peruvian team as we needed to get going to live a new type
of adventure: Machu Picchu.

We first had four hours to drive to get to the train station. Scary winding roads
with very steep cliffs - meeting a truck is not fun! It’s a little harrowing at times...

but wow! The beauty... On the way, we stopped in a small village to give the
fruit and toys we had brought. Talk about overwhelming feelings! Droves of
kids came running towards us. They sure don’t look or behave like the most
Canadian kids! What I mean by that, is they were happy to receive an apple
that just made their day!

We arrived at the train station in Olyotambo. Had a snack while we waited
and onwards by train to Agua Caliente; the Machu Picchu village.