Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Some Friends Along the Way

Martin and I hiked the trail alone, however we did meet some great people along the way.

We met two American resident doctors enjoying a free trip thanks to her journalist mother; a Spanish speaker whose group was working on completing the full circuit (approximately 9 days of hiking and true camping); and Ecuadorian single traveler who was looking for a friend in Martin all in the first two days.

At Domo Frances we shared our Dome and dinner with a German couple who Martin decided were officially un-German upon discovering they were taking a nap, but then re-embraced as countrymen when we woke up at 6:30 the next morning to find them already gone; a single Polish, Canadian who had over-packed and was looking to get rid of some items…when saying good-bye, I made the mistake of “wishing her luck at losing some of her extra weight” which of course Martin pointed out as being rude; two Americans from St Louis who loved to hike and were experiencing their lifelong dream of hiking the W trail and a Brazilian couple, avid climbers who looked and acted every bit in love and were a joy during dinner (if not only for the looks of delight on the husband’s face with each bit of food). 

And quite possibly our favorite, our Australian friends, who we didn’t officially meet but kept passing along on the trail on various sections of the hike.

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