We were picked up by our guide Andrea (excellent tour guide) and driver Juan (the best driver in the whole trip) from Atisa tours from the hotel and we started our land journey to the Colca valley. We took the road to Puno for about 1.5 hours, then took a secondary road to Colca for about 2 more hours. En route we saw many herds of beautiful wild vicunas. We also saw alpacas and llamas (which can be domesticated). 
We drove through the highest point (approx 15,000 ft) where we took the photo. We then arrived into the small town of Chivay, capital of Colca. We stopped for a few minutes at a restaurant where we lost Mike and Mark. After searching the little town we spotted them carrying several bottles of Cuzquena beer they bought at a local bar.
We then proceeded another 30 min to the beautiful Colca Lodge (see picture) where we stayed. A few kilometers before the lodge we went though very narrow and steep roads in which occasionally one encounters a vehicle going in the opposite direction where one vehicle has to stay very close to the edge and the other one has to backup to find a wide enough point to pass. The views of the lodge were breathtaking and the lodge itself was beautiful. The rooms were rustic but comfortable. Nice dinner then hot spring baths where we met Ms. Talkalot and her mother Talksolittle, who were apparently following us from Lima all the way to Puno. Smoked cigars and then went to sleep to wake up very early for our longest day next day.
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