Day 20 Humantay Lake

Hello dear ones, today was a very exhausting day, in a positive way, and a very beautiful day. Early at 3:45 AM we set off, after the first stage, we had breakfast. A really fantastic breakfast. Then we took a route that one would definitely not want to travel again and we also had a flat tire. But we are in Peru, you can make something out of everything. The team got to know each other right away. I quickly became friends with Enya from Germany and Josua from Canada. Then we also had people from Poland, New Zealand, England, Portugal, and America. It was a great group and we had a lot of fun. Once the issue with the tire was resolved, we continued to the starting point of our hike. There were horses, I had always said I would take a horse, but then I had the determination to manage it on my own. It turned out alright, I saw a horse go down and throw its rider off. That didn’t look good. So I went on foot, my group was soon far ahead, and I took my time. I felt like I was making friends with the whole mountain during the ascent. It wasn’t boring, and I didn’t let myself go. Although in between I kept thinking...horse, horse... It started to rain, and it was really freezing. But I managed it, and it wasn’t nearly as bad as I had expected. Actually quite easy. Whenever I thought...horse or oxygen tent, I paused briefly and then continued. No headaches, nothing at all.

I briefly considered doing the Rainbow Mountains as well (5060 m), but quickly dismissed that idea. 4200 m was enough. After all, I'm not brand new. Once at the top, I was celebrated. Hm, should I think about that? Then I took pictures, rested, and went back down. That was really easy. The way back was the same route we shouldn’t have taken before, where we had breakfast, there was also lunch. That was also super delicious. And then we were back in Cusco around 5:00 PM. I was really too lazy to get a taxi and walked home. About 35 minutes. Now I am super exhausted and already in bed. Tomorrow I will sleep in. We'll see, maybe I'll meet Ludwig again or Giovanna. I’ll just go with the flow and I’m looking forward to tomorrow :)