The Aftermath.

Having completed the Inca Trail a few days ago, the after effects that it has had on the group have given a few hillar tails that I thought should be documented...

Many of these revolve around a certain group member who shall not be named (Shelley) who has now ended up with

1. The most ridiculous burst sun burn blister I have ever seen
2. Bleeding nails
3. Cankles
4. A grey hair

Each ailment obviously has a brilliant story to accompany it, as follows...

1. Massage chica?

After the gruelling hike on the second day, Shelley decided that a massage would go down a storm. They are dirt cheap out here, so by anyones guess that would be a good idea.

Not when you have blistering sunburn aparently...

The woman managed to burst all the blisters on Shelley´s back, despite being told to steer well clear of them. After about 3 days of heeling time this is what it looked like, so you can imagine the screams when it first happened!

2. Manicure chica?

So the day after Shelleys wonderful massge, the rest of us, with sunburn free skin decided that we would also benefit greatly from such joys. Obviously Shelley wasn´t going to go anywhere near anyone offering ´massage chica´and so instead went for the safer option, ´manicure chica´?´.

She emerged from the ´professional looking´nail parlour with blood dripping from every cuticle. Unfortunately I didn´t have a camera to hand for the initial effects, but this is about a day after, you can still see the blood. If your wondering where the manicure is, it was done so badly that she removed the nail varnish about 10 minutes after leaving the place.

3. Cankles.

Unfortunately I do not have any photographs of these wonders as I was not allowed near her feet, but I have seen the evidence and my they are pretty.

I guess running down thousands of steps has taken its toll on the old girl.

4. A grey hair.

This basically proves the above point. Yesterday whilst involved in a gripping game of Shithead Shelley discovered her first grey hair...

All in all, Shell had a pretty bloody good time with us I think...

To be fair, she wasn´t the only one, about half the group have speant a large majority of the last few days pinned to the toilet. Something to do with exhaustion and altitude I think... Shelley just seemed to produce the best stories along with her problems.

Despite all the after effects, we´re ll proud to say that we survived the Inca Trail (just about).