1) DON´T trust taxi drivers... Check fares as you could be ripped off. If you ask to go to the airport expect to end up at the bus station. If you ask to go to the bus station expect to end up at the airport
2) DON´T drink to much on your first day in high altitude - likelihood of being sick, getting a headache and being in bed at 6.30pm for 12 hours
3) DON´T think the trail will be easy - the Inca Trail is one hell of an achievement! Your legs will hurt, you may struggle, but it will be worth it
4) DON´T rely on one type of weather - The sun will shine, but not always on your face, and the wind will blow, but not always upon your back. The rain will fall heavily, and hit you everywhere
5) DON´T trust ´KILLA massage´ with sunburn - As Shelley experienced... a massage after sunburn can be the most painful thing ever! Blisters and masseuse are not amigos
6) DON´T get a manicure - once again a Shelley nightmare. Excited about getting a manicure she went to a place in Cusco... But instead of getting pretty nails her cuticles got pushed so far back there was blood!
7) DON´T think just because you weren´t ill on the Inca Trail you won´t be ill after - When the Inca Trail came to an end i got super sick. Unable to eat for a couple of days and having to endure two night buses and visit Lake Titicaca was not to pretty!
8) DON´T talk outside peoples hotel rooms in the early hours of the morning - as Shelley found you may get flashed some German sausage!
9) DON´T expect things to happen quickly - whether you are waiting for a drink, food, transport or anything for that matter. Expect to wait... Nothing happens quickly in this country
10) DON´T book with Peruvian airlines - It´s either our luck or.... There´s a likelihood your plane will have a technical fault and you´ll have to switch flights... or you will get delayed for hours. Both our journeys with Peruvian airlines were meant to take around and hour and took between 5 and 7 hours!
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