Chapter 207: Trekking on foot
Sending away the reluctant Morgan, with Ling Yanran's help, finished cleaning up the table. m.
Li Qingyuan moved two reclining chairs to the lawn, made a pot of tea, and leisurely basked in the sun, basking in the sun is his hobby, and he likes the feeling of warmth all over his body.
Ling Yanran came to him very neatly after washing the dishes and chopsticks, the cuffs of the woolen white jacket were tucked up to her arms, and the tight blue jeans set off her charming figure, and she was very naughty to flick the water droplets on her hand to Li Qingyuan's face.
Being bullied, Li Qingyuan jumped up from the recliner, chased her for a while, and finally pressed her to the grass, biting her sweet red lips like punishment.
After a long time, Li Qingyuan said: "After returning to the door tomorrow, where are you going to go for your honeymoon, have you discussed it with Xiaoyue?"
"Originally, I wanted to go to Europe, but Sister Yeyue said that there was nothing interesting in Europe, and suggested going to South America for a walk, saying that I wanted to go to Machu Picchu, Easter Island, Angel Falls, and other places that I had never been to. ”
"It doesn't matter where you go anyway, if you don't have any objections, let's go to South America. ”
"Anyway, with you, you can go anywhere, when are we leaving?"
"On Sunday, let's go to Hawaii for two days, then go to Peru and go all the way down. ”
"Okay, today is Friday, I'll call Sister Yeyue and ask her to arrange her work, so that she won't be able to find anyone tomorrow!"
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The Gulfstream G550 doesn't fly directly to Peru from Xiaoran International Airport, so it can be a stopover in Hawaii, which is really hard to say if you don't visit Hawaii for two days.
But when they arrived at the place, they found that Ling and Guan had a strong phobia of the island, and the sequelae of the Maldives were still there, and they were afraid of the well rope after being bitten by a snake for ten years, so they didn't go to the beach at all, and they went shopping in the shopping mall.
The Inca ruins of Machu Picchu are located in the southern province of Peru, Cusco, the center of the ancient Inca Empire, where many Inca cultural sites are located, and the climate here is pleasant, with high mountains and lush forests surrounding the city. Therefore, it is also known as the "crown jewel of the Andes".
The plane landed at Cusco City Airport, and Li Qingyuan recruited a local Chinese as a guide, most of the Peruvians speak Spanish, and as the son of a Spanish professor, his Spanish is absolutely excellent.
Through the introduction of this guide named Pieri Wang Senli, there are about 4 million Chinese in Peru, most of whom have integrated into Peruvian life, and the Chinese language has been eliminated in their language system, but they have retained the eating habits of Chinese people in Guangdong Province, for example, the Chinese restaurant signs in Peru basically have a very special English "chifa", "chifa" is actually similar to the Cantonese "食饭", which means "to eat".
Piery Wang Senli is not tall, less than 1.7 meters tall, and his appearance is quite different from that of the Chinese, but he retains the hospitable character of the Chinese people, and he is very good at speaking, so he took them around the city of Cusco and bought a lot of hats, shawls, scarves made of alpaca wool with local characteristics, gloves, etc., and took them to eat a meal of absolutely local specialties of the Dutch pig, the Dutch pork is tender, and the roasted skin is crispy and delicious, which is one of the few foreign foods that can be praised by Li Qingyuan.
It is said that the Dutch pig is actually a guinea pig, also known as a guinea pig, all over the world
Kept as pets, guinea pigs have been used as a food source in Peru for nearly 5,000 years, and Peru also has the annual Dutch Pig Festival, in which Dutch pigs are dressed up by their owners and eaten as food when the festival is over.
Ling, who ate with relish in the restaurant, realized how much of a sin he had committed after seeing its true face, such a cute little guy was put on the table, and he even ate it with great praise, it was really Amitabha, and the boss packed ten to eat on the road.
Of course, it was a joke to pack and take away, even if it was delicious, after knowing the true identity of the Dutch pig, they would have eaten it anyway.
Machu Picchu is located northwest of Cusco and is most easily accessible by train, the gateway to Machu Picchu is the hot spring town, from Cusco take a train from the hot spring town and take a twenty-five minute bus ride to the Machu Picchu gate.
If he played like this all the way, Li Qingyuan, a former traveler, felt that this was a waste of time, and he had always resisted the fancy travel. After consulting with the two women, they will begin trekking the Inca Trail from Cusco to Machu Picchu in three to four days, experiencing the beauty of nature first-hand and making a trip of a lifetime.
The Peruvian government has a very strict protection of the Inca Trail, allowing only 300 people to enter it every day, and all those who walk the Inca Trail must join a tour group, and no one is allowed to walk the path alone. Because the road will pass through the jungle of the Andes, there are few homes along the way, and there are no shops and inns.
All groups into the mountain are staffed with porters, cooks and guides, and there are several camping spots along the way, with only tents to camp at night. Although the scenery along the way is endless, the conditions are very difficult, and you have to endure the pain of not being able to take a shower for four days in a row.
Although the two girls didn't say anything, they were actually very resistant when they heard that they couldn't take a bath for four days, and they didn't know what was whispering behind him.
After explaining his wishes to the guide Pieri Wang Senli, Pieri's reply made the two girls breathe a sigh of relief, if you want to hike through the Inca Trail, you need to book half a year in advance, not to come if you want to, to go if you want to go, after all, this road is too famous, the key is the limit, what is 300 people a day......
If he could still think of a way at home, but now in South America, with his current popularity, the Peruvian government will not be able to bird him at all.
But disappointed, Pieri gave him another surprise, he told Li Qingyuan that there was another road that could be trekked through the Andean jungle, and there was no restriction on personnel, but this road was higher in altitude and more difficult.
Li Qingyuan turned around to ask for the opinions of the two women, since they had already promised to cross the jungle, they had no intention of giving up, so they could only accept it with a smile.
This jungle route, called the "Lal Trek", has a slight advantage over the Inca Trail, where instead of hiring porters, grass and mud horses, one of the ten great mythical beasts of later generations, can be used instead of transporting supplies, which can save them a lot of physical strength.
Although the Gulfstream G550 is good, it can only carry a maximum of 19 people, and the bodyguards who followed this time were a total of 12 people, plus Li Qingyuan's three people, a total of 15 people. Their team is unusually large, and usually a trek team like this is only 6 tourists plus a guide
There are a total of 10 people, such as cooks, cooks, and grooms.
Due to the large number of people, Li Qingyuan could only recruit one more cook and groom, and such a group of more than 20 people, plus ten grass mud horses and four American foxhounds, set off from Lal Town.
In Peru from November to April of the following year, it belongs to winter, contrary to the rainy season in China, Peru rains in winter, and now it is December, the sky is drizzling, the sky is dark, and the dark clouds on the plateau seem to be just overhead, which makes people panic.
On the road in front of the mountain, several male bodyguards Gu Tianli and others followed behind him with tents taller than people, ten grass and mud horses carrying a large number of ingredients and items leisurely in front of everyone, and Ling and Guan ran to the side of the divine beast to wander around, as if with the divine beast to help all the difficulties and obstacles, the road was completely ignored.
More than 3,000 meters above sea level in the Andes Mountains green grass shade, affected by the winter weather, the green grass began to gradually turn yellow, green and yellow patches have a different flavor, the Urubamba River under the mountain due to the huge mountain drop, the river is turbulent and surging and the flow speed is extremely fast, if it is not for the continuous rain affecting his mood, he does not mind enjoying the beautiful scenery.
After walking through the forest for three hours in the mountains, the group reached the first resting point, the rain in the sky had stopped, and occasionally the sun showed a smiling face from the dense clouds, and in an instant, the whole Andes suddenly came to life, and everything became beautiful.
Vitok and Ricardo are two chefs hired by Li Qingyuan, both in their thirties, and they are also Chinese Peruvian locals. They each had a cook, both of whom were young men who were only 17 or 8 years old.
They had already arrived at the rest point and were preparing lunch for the crowd, and two young cooks were peeling potatoes when they arrived and served them a hot coca tea, which not only warms the body but also relieves altitude sickness, a favorite drink of Peruvians.
Lunch was very simple, a piece of rice, a stir-fried beef with potatoes, corn and Dutch pork, although they refused to the Dutch pig, but after more than three hours of walking, the two women, who were already hungry, couldn't take care of much, picked up the fragrant white rice poured with red bean sauce and devoured it, and ate the rice bowl in an instant.
Take a break after lunch.
In the ridicule of Li Qingyuan, the two girls embarked on a journey this time.
Soon after hitting the road, the sun was hidden by dark clouds, and the green space of the mountains faded from the sun, and in a moment, the raindrops of soybeans fell straight down, and everyone put on raincoats in a hurry.
Walking in the rain is romantic, but the oxygen on the plateau is thin, after a long journey, Guan Yeyue's physical strength has been tested, she usually does not exercise much, and she needs Li Qingyuan to walk with half support.
Li and Ling held her arms one left and one right, and Li Qingyuan deliberately stimulated: "Yo, when did our president Guan Da become a soft-footed shrimp!"
"Don't gloat, go back and want you to look good!" Guan Yeyue spoke weakly, without a trace of shock.
"Hehe, it's time to exercise my daughter-in-law, go for a run with us every morning in the future, the body is the capital of the revolution, you can't do this. ”
"Okay, no problem, I'll give you half of my work in the group, so I can make some time to come out and exercise. ”
"This ......" Li Qingyuan suddenly found that it was really painful to hit his feet with the stones he lifted.