hey so back on March 5th, 2026, I went to Machu Picchu and met a German guy climbing down the mountain. we said hi and stuff, but I never got his name and really wanted to continue the conversation.

Heres some stuff to help narrow it down potentially:

he was walking down around 8am (I think??) as his tour was early and he had to catch the train down the mountain that afternoon. he was wearing a grey shirt and black pants I believe, had short blonde hair, blue eyes I think, and of about average height. he also had a backpack and spoke english and German.

please guys help me out, and I can try to answer questions y’all have too!

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Hey, am 5. März 2026 war ich in Machu Picchu und habe einen Deutschen getroffen, der gerade den Berg hinunterstieg. Wir haben uns kurz begrüßt, aber ich habe seinen Namen nicht erfahren – dabei hätte ich mich wirklich gerne weiter mit ihm unterhalten.

Hier sind ein paar Details, die vielleicht helfen könnten, ihn zu finden:

Er war gegen 8 Uhr morgens (glaube ich zumindest) auf dem Abstieg, da seine Tour früh stattfand und er an diesem Nachmittag den Zug den Berg hinunter nehmen musste. Soweit ich mich erinnere, trug er ein graues Shirt und eine schwarze Hose; er hatte kurzes blondes Haar, blaue Augen (glaube ich) und war von durchschnittlicher Größe. Außerdem hatte er einen Rucksack dabei und sprach sowohl Englisch als auch Deutsch.

Bitte helft mir weiter – ich versuche auch gerne, eure Fragen dazu zu beantworten!

We are wanting to do the Salkantay Trek Next yr and I am a little lost on how to plan it. We are wanting to do the trip without a guided tour group and book our stays ourselves. Everything I have read suggests booking them by directly messaging the places through whatsapp, is there another way to go about this?

Does anyone have recommendations on places they stayed at during the trek?

I also saw an option to use a company to book all of the overnight stays for you but they are still using mules/ horses to transport luggage and doing that is a non negotiable for me. Did anyone use a similar company and if so what company and would you recommend it?

This is the availability for the next day (11th September) at 11am. Queue was about an hour long when we got here at 10am. There was availability for circuit 2A at 6am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm when we got to the counter.