Day 3: Pacayamayo to Phuyupatamarca Photo Gallery by Peiying Mo at pbase.com

Day 3: Pacayamayo to Phuyupatamarca

We purposely started the 3rd day a little later than the other groups so we could have the trail to ourselves the rest of the way, almost. The highlight of this part of the hike were more ruins but also the diversity of plants, flowers, butterflies, humming birds and other variety of birds - most of which we could not capture with my lens. The campsite was the best of three nights, where we were above the cloud forest, with view of snow packed mountain ranges, watching the sun and moon taking their turn going up and down. We also celebrated the Chinese mid-autumn festival - what a memorable place, time and company to toast for the special occasion!

The thunderstorm from previous night left some snow on the mountain range	With snowpack, waterfall, and campground behind us, we are heading up again	Up and up for 300m straight	Inca ruin at Runkurakay
	Dead Woman's Pass is at the bottom of the V shape mountain range	Two ducks playing at this seasonal pond	Another pond on the other side of the trail
Hikers pile up rocks when they walk by the 2nd pass		We enter another range	Tunnel
River bed is drying up	Braids made of dead grass along the trail - they were used to move boulders in the Inca era.	Can you see Sayacmarca on the hill side?	View of Sayacmarca
Conchamarca, a smaller ruin is across the valley	There are trails on this hill side, if you can see them	Low hanging clouds and snow packed peaks now are one	The trail on the hill side leading to Sayacmarca ruin
Steep and uneven steps to get to Sayacmarca ruin	Touring Sayacmarca	It's above the cloud forest	This wall is purposely built leaning to one side to sustain earthquake
Looking out from a window at Sayacmarca ruin	Our lunch spot is still quite a long way away	One of the strong bridges on this trail	We are in a different climate zone all of a sudden
Solar panel to power satellite phone in case of emergency	Time for lunch	View of Sayacmarca from our lunch spot	Our lunch spot is far behind us
View of Mount Veronika			Enjoying the view
	Reaching our camp ground in time for sunset	An ancient Inca ruin is not far from our camp ground	Chef special for the special occasion: Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival
The full moon playing peek-a-boo with the clouds	Starry starry night	Last night camping under clear skies

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