Emma Calley

Breaking in my hiking boots: my first trek to Machu Picchu

Intrepid Group. 

“So, first you pick out three leaves…” John says, pulling out three perfect coca leaves from the packet in Simon’s outstretched hand, “…then you arrange them like the Adidas symbol.”

John lays the leaves in a pile on his fingers and fans them out so they’re slightly overlapping, one end angling outwards. We all take turns grabbing a bundle from the bag and positioning them as our guide does.

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