Day 3 of the Inca Trail Trek

One last all day trek and boy was it easier for us girls (Helen, Eva, Margaret and I). I think by then our bodies were conditioned to take some pain and the all day trek. Today was really rainy and unfortunately Eva's poncho was missing and she got really wet from the pouring rain as we trekked through the day. She was shivering by the time we got to have our break which happened to be our lunch. Poor girl but she's a trooper and got through it and continued the hike to the campsite. All of our socks were drenched with rain and we could not wait to take them off! We were lucky that the last day at the campsite was such a nice night!

The campsite was a good one as this one had public bathrooms and showers that we can use via the restaurant that was there. We had to pay 5 soles for 5 minutes of a shower and knowing that it was a hot shower... Helen and I took it! My hair was so bad and I really needed to wash it. There was a huge line up as all the female trekkers wanted to have hot showers as well. Helen and I didn't have a towel but managed with her face towel to dry us up. I lotioned in the tent instead of in there. The lady told us hurry it up as the lineup was extra long outside. Anyways...it felt good to shower man! Ah being clean!

The last supper included a presentation from us - giving our thanks and tips that we compiled to our guide and porters. Scott and the gang did a great job with their speeches. In return, the porters gave their presentation - giving us their thanks and sang a song. They thanked us by shaking our hands and for the women a kiss on the cheek... they liked it so much they went around twice! I didn't notice until I heard Kristina crack up and mention it. After they sang their song and a heandful of porters went out and grabbed a girl to dance with. I was hoping that I would just watch but one came for me and I hid behind Eva then Caleb saying no no it's ok but in the end...just went for it ... I mean it's the last day so what the heck! I just don't like attention lol It was fun! And we grabbed Eva too as she was watching from the sidelines. It probably lasted about 5 minutes but it was fun to participate in lol

The last day was a nice day for all of us as we were now really at the end of the journey and can relax more. We had great conversations and chats with lots of laughs. We chatted about accents and travelling and politics and stupid things and the trail and how well we all did etc. It was just nice to enjoy each other's company. We all headed to the restaurant for drinks as well. And yes I had a beer - Cusquena. Eva and I shared one as we are so not good at holding our liquer. I wanted to drink enough so that I can sleep well and be ready for the next mornings hike that started at 4 am! We have to make it into the checkpoint where it opens at 5:30am.