Saturday 5th April
Our original plan for today, was to return to MP to take another look around, but as they don´t do the deal of half-price entry for the second day now, and we had got all the photos we wanted yesterday, we just decided to hang out in AC and relax.
AC is a pretty small town, so we spent a bit of time exploring and then had a good look around the craft market and bought some more souvenirs. We also thought about going to the hot springs which the town is famous for, but we decided to flag that in the end as well, as we heard they were pretty grubby, only 30 C, and they charge S/10!
So after mucking around most of the day, including a bit of time people watching the the main plaza, which was quite amusing, we walked to the train station at about 1730 to catch our train back to Ollaytatambo, where Llamapath were picking us up and bringing us back to Cusco.
We found we were seated next to the Llamapath group that had just finished the trail that day, so it was cool comparing notes etc on how good our tours were. I am definitely pleased we chose to go with Llamapath, after seeing the way all the other companies treat their porters on the trail - no more that mules basically - with very poor clothing, old rubber tyres for sandals and their loads tied up in tarps and tied to their backs, it was very sad seeing so many people treated this way by fellow human beings. Whereas our army had proper clothing, for both warm and cold, proper footwear and proper backpacks to carry their loads.
Once back in Cusco, about 2200, we booked back into Pirwa Hostal and again collapsed into bed, as we had to be up at 0630 to re-pack and get ready for the JUNGLE!
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