15.9 The Road to Choquequirao Ruins, Part 2
On the roof of the apartment again, in Cusco at 5am, the morning of the trek. City lights still shine before nature dominates the day. In the middle of 'nowhere', Marampata actually, nature's lights put on the evening's entertainment. Thirty minutes after arriving at camp 2, the mountains and clouds got into an argument. We hate that, especially when the clouds cry. Be nice fellows! Engineers of the 14th century. The wall or terrace is well below the city (top-right). The adventure began when we walked through the city of Cusco searching for another trek to undertake while in the country. Two weeks previously, we had enjoyed a wonderful experience, the Salkantay Trek. We found Edwin, a business owner, who offered us this option. He also spoke good English and seemed a very nice young man. He also did not mention how tough the hike is—perhaps he’s not such a nice young man after all. In fact, he drove us to the commencement point in Cachora, a near 4-h...