Inca Trail Finish Line

This is the prize at the end of the Inca Trail. I have never seen Karen so relaxed and really, really happy (note the bare feet and shit-eating grin). This was her dream trip. We woke up this day at 3:40am to hike to Machu Picchu for sunrise. There was no sunrise. In fact we had to walk in driving rain. We had never been wetter. I have never been rained on harder. We entered the Machu Picchu Sanctuary and were greeted by wet smelly Llamas that some of us were forced to hug by trek mates. Karen and Claire were the lucky llama huggers.