The 3rd leg of the Inca Trail was the longest distance wise. Last night we slept in the cold elevation of the Andes. Our tent was broken and wouldn’t zip up at all. Cory had broken the zipper and the only thing we had as a door was the rain fly and the bug door. It was pretty cold cause the elevation was a little higher than last night. We started the day off with a pretty gnarly climb out of camp. I still had a little trouble breathing but it wasn’t nearly as bad as yesterday. The rest of the day was pretty moderately easy with a little up and down action. Total distance for the day was about 17 km or roughly 8 hours of downhill trekking.

The first ruin we saw leaving the campsite was Dunkurakay. It resembled an army outpost. Not really much in the way of architecture. It just sat high enough to look over the valley. The second site we saw was impressive. Sayaqmarka was the name of the ruin and it sat high above the valley. We got a history lesson about the site from Wilbert. I wasn’t really paying much attention cause I was admiring the landscape. From there it was mostly downhill for the rest of the day. We arrived at Winawayna at roughly 4:30 p.m. The ruin at Winawayna was spectacular. I think its probably next to Machu Picchu as the most amazing ruin on the Inca Trail. We had very little sun left so I didn’t get very many good pictures of the site. I wished we had arrived a little earlier. After the site we were ready for dinner and bed. The porters came into the dinner tent to say farewell and sing a song for us. They all looked pretty happy to be there and we shook all there hands before heading to bed. We leave for Machu Picchu tomorrow at 5 a.m. to catch the sunrise over the ruin from the Sun Gate. Can’t wait to see it for the first time.