For the first three days of the hike, Mother Nature granted us with beautiful weather. Yet on our last day when we were just a few miles shy of Machu Picchu, the clouds decided it was time to have a good cry. Water poured from the sky, and we instantly became soaked. While many backpacks come with rain covers, mine did not.
So on top of already feeling extremely weak due to the fact I was still severely sick, I was just minutes away from having all my belongings drenched, which would have led to my backpack becoming even heavier to carry. Thankfully, our group leader had an empty white trash bag I was able to magically transform into a rain cover.
