May 9. 

And then it was over. 

We exited the site, queued up for the bus to drive us down the switchback road to the village at the base in time for lunch. 

Yes lunch.

Time had sort of seemed suspended while we were up at the site and it felt like it suddenly restarted once back down in the “rest of the world”. 

The photo Thea took of me enjoying that very enjoyable beer was at 1230! 

After lunch it was a quick visit to the local market to purchase the alpaca toques we didn’t see for purchase on the trail. Are they toques in Peru? Not sure what the local name is. 

And then it was on the train YES THE TRAIN! , back to Ollyantaytambo to then board the bus back to Cusco. 

Thus a very looong day that had started at 0330!