Coca Leaf Tea at 4900 m

The Colca Canyon was awesome, but I´m sure some of the enthusiasm comes from the litres of Coca Leaf Tea we were given and the Coca leaves we were told to chew - it is the recommended remedy for altitude sickness, and going up to 4900 m calls for a few glasses. On our trip, we travelled with a Scottish and Swedish couple and had a great time drinking (yet again) some Pisco Sours in the hot springs was great. On the second day, we got up early, too early to even talk about, and drove to one of the best viewpoints in the canyon - Cruz del Condor. Here, you wait for the Condors to come out of the canyon and circle up to the viewpoint - there were about 12 at one point right overhead and these things are beautiful, and huge! If I can ever get some of our pics on CD, I´ll put some on the blog. We then travelled through the canyon and stopped in some traditional villages on our way back to Arequipa. We were pleased to find out when we returned that the strikesdemonstrationsroadblocks were over, so this makes the rest of our travels a bit more secure.
This morning, at the ungodly hour of 4:00am, we headed to the airport and arrived in Cusco, another amazing town. Tomorrow, we are taking the train up to Machu Picchu for a night - one of the highlights of the trip.
When we return, my (Brie) trip will be close to its end, and Zach will be heading to Bolivia. Hopefully by then, I can add some pics.
Hope all is well in Canada...