I had no idea most, no all of the trail would be on a ledge. Many steps carved out of the rock by the Incans, going up and then down. Mostly up - We climbed from 6500 feet to 9000 feet. So we were lower than our hike the other day when we went to 14,000 feet. Saw many orchids along the way and got pictures of some. Hundreds of varieties of Orchids. Begonias grow to giant heights here. Just amazing.
Weather rained on us a nice soft rain in the morning which was fine as we have rain gear. Stayed overcast as that was great to keep the sun off and temps cooler. Will be hard to select just a few pics for today's line up. Here goes.
This is the Urubama River, and their hydro electric plant. We are on the Inca trail and gives you an idea of how far up we are.
Me on the trail, you can see how narrow the trail is. Here it is not as much of a cliff. There is one other woman - Deb - who also has issues with heights. We are keeping an eye on each other throughout this day. On an earlier day's hike, her husband said I was Deb's carnary - if Helen could do it, she could too.
This is looking back on the trail we just traveled. You can see how it was just carved into the side of the Andes Mountain. I am doing incredibly well with the heights. Ken says since I have done this so well, he thinks we can tackle any of the National Parks now.
Only one of many beautiful Orchids in the wild here. I have more and will select a few more to put here.
Kenny here showing you the steps we climbed up and down all day. Now to keep up on what we have gained in strength here.
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