I woke up and packed for the trip. We had pancakes for breakfast that was a real treat! It was the first time I had pancakes, so it tasted really good. I went to the little town/plaza with Sophia and bought this sweet leather Chicago Bulls hat. I laughed so hard that they had it in the middle of no-where Bolivia. Best purchase so far probably haha. When I got back we made roles for the trek and packed our bags on the mules. The group did some pre-trek activities then set off on the trail. It was a very pretty day—nothing but blue skies. We hiked up a road for a while and I did really well: SO much better than Tunari. I was previously soooo nervous for the trek because I didn’t want a Tunari round 2. After hiking and talking for a while, we stopped at a waterfall for lunch. My camera started to revive itself a little so I got a few pictures. We did skits for Leave No Trace, which is a concept where we do our best to, well, leave no trace. After lunch we hiked up a trail for 30 minutes until we reached our campsite. It got really cold once we got there. The site and hike was very pretty. The campsite was in a small valley between mountains and beyond I could see the mountain glaciers. We pitched tents and played cards for a while. Dinner was good: Anne and Emily prepared it. We had Mac n cheese and vegetable stir-fry and for dessert we had apple crisp. After dinner, we chilled outside and listened to guitar, told stories etc. Crister then did what he calls a Shatakwa. It is basically your life story but you can also add other things like songs, guitar playing, skits etc. Crister played a song his dad wrote then told us about his very interesting and action packed life. He traveled a lot all his life to places like Australia and a lot of South America. After the Shatakwa it was time for bed! The tent was a lot more comfortable than I thought and I slept well.
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