Lunch
Day 1
Inca Trail











A welcomed lunch on the Inca Trail usually consisted of a brothy soup, baked chicken, vegtables, and tea/cocoa tea/coffee. This was my first backpacking expedition alongside porters, who carried up tents, cooking instruments, fuel for cooking, their own dry clothes, and the food itself. The porters would pack up after you had started hiking, and then they would gracefully pass you on the trail, in a scamper, to set up the next stop or camp for the night ahead of the guests. They showed amazing strength. We (Jeff, Derek, Raoul, and I) carried our own packs filled with somwhat dry clothes, a sleeping bag, water, and dry shoes. My guide ridiculed me for having a heavy pack, and at one point along Day 2 of the trail I even contemplated to myself that I could be a porter.