Cusco - So as everyone is shoveling down tons o' turkey I am prepping for the big Machu Picchu hike tomorrow. The bus picks me up at 5 am (ick!) tomorrow, and I return on Monday night after 10 pm.
So how have I been prepping? Drinking lots of water, making sure the camera is charged, renting a walking stick, buying yummy snacks, doing laundry and telling myself that a beer is a bad idea. But it is early...and one wouldn't hurt.
All in all, today has been a very low key day. We only had about ten vendors come up to us trying to sell massages, candy, Coco museum tickets, and the oh so necessary little guitar.
We spent a very leisurely few hours at Starbucks in the plaza pictured below and then lunched at some cafe. Weather is about 70 degrees, but one trekker who just returned from the hike said it rained every night. He also said it was incredible.
Hopefully I will have some guinea pig tonight for Thanksgiving. I had the English girls share a little Thanksgiving tradition by saying what they were thankful for - and what they weren't thankful for. The consensus is everyone is very thankful for the trip, health and the chance to do Machu Picchu.
As for the not thanksfuls? One girl said her "ginger hair," another was not thankful for losing her ATM card in a cab in Argentina, and me - I'm not thankful for that very tiny sandwich I had for lunch. It's Thanksgiving! I should be in a food coma!
Until Monday...

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