Wayquis at the Sun Gate

That moment you reach the summit after a longass climb is unmatched.

But climbing the Inca Trail for four long days through high altitude sickness, blistered feet and phantom toes, bushes for toilets, wet wipe showers, and freeeeeeeezing cold ‘sleeps’ –

I realised for the first time that the beautiful moments lie in the journey too!

In the little things, like a pitch black night sky where you can see the full Milky Way, waking up to sunrise, the sounds of nature, the smile on the porters’ faces when I greet them as “Wayqui”, and perhaps most importantly, it’s the wholesome interactions with people from across the world that you meet along the way.

After learning to truly live in the present and value the simple pleasures and to THEN reach

MACHU PICCHU!?!!?!

I’ll remember that moment for life.