Inca Trail Day 1

We started our hike and quickly learned about the term "Andean Flat."  It is essentially a trail with lots of ups and downs but net elevation change of zero.

Our lunch was impressive. In a tent, we were served hot soup with garlic bread and trout ceviche. We were all stuffed afterwards!

The trail on day 1 doubles as a road to a small town and we pass locals with horses or donkeys. All are friendly and are quick to offer a friendly ¡hola!

We have porters, a guide, and a chef, which are compulsory. We saw them at the started with us today, they ran off in front, met us with a fully assembled lunch tent and latrine tent. They disassembled and ran off to the first camp!

We must be a fast group because just over an hour later (all uphill) we arrived at our camp. It's a small site with terraces above a small village.  Our tents were set up when we got here and tea was served at 5.