I woke up earlier than I needed to although I slept really well and the blankets kept me nice and warm.

It was good I got up and used the bathroom when I did as the electricity didn’t turn on until later so the water pump didn’t work which means the toilets didn’t flush – I still caught it with water from the night before.

Once dressed I put my still wet shoe and sock out to dry and then cuddled the cats who fell asleep on my lap. They were so sweet.

After a breakfast of purple corn drink, which was quite thick and very tasty, and sweet bread we set off on our hike.

The first stop was at Don Crispin’s house. His original house he has converted into a museum with a whole range of archaeological finds including old arrows, jewellery, pottery, fossils and dinasour bones. He was very passionate about his collection and even showed us some human bones he had recently discovered in a field he was using to grow crops.

The first few kms of the hike were up and down with flat bits but we also climbed up for about an hour. The views were just as amazing as yesterday. The first photo below is of the hostel.

We passed a couple of waterfalls and I managed to catch a rainbow in one of them..

I really like this photo as the hills look like they have been painted.

After around 8km of walking the bus came along and we all jumped on for a short ride to the community of Quilla Quilla. We stopped here for lunch which we ate on the bandstand.

Quilla Quilla is famous for being the site where the indigenous rebel leader Tomas Katari was executed in 1781.

We then hopped back on the bus for the ride back to Sucre which took just over an hour.

The communities we passed through were Jalq’a communities. They live very basic lives in remote areas. Many of the traditions of the community are dying out as the younger generations move into the cities such as Sucre.

The company I did this hike with, Condor Trekking, are a not for profit organisation and they invest any profit they do make back into the communities we pass through including building and equipping schools, proving water pipes and supporting the communities in a variety of other ways.

Once I got back to Sucre I went back to the hostel, washed my clothes, my shoes and myself and had an early night – which was actually a good thing as we had lots of rain and storms in the night.