The locals eat and
drink coca leaves, which is offered to you throughout the trail.
As your body adjusts to the higher altitude, take it easy, drink lots of water, avoid tobacco and alcohol, and
drink coca leaf tea.
Coca - Cola Cupcakes I don't
drink coca - cola.
Drinking coca leaf tea helps a lot, but avoid doing this late in the day because it can make it difficult to fall asleep at night.
Not exact matches
Translation: instead of selling
coca cola and pepsi, they will restrict themselves to selling gatorade and powerade, which are really just like soft
drinks minus the fizz.
not even going to bother advertising what my baby eats and
drinks because we all have (some degree of) common sense and wouldnt give our babies
coca cola.
An industry has now been built around cakes, jellies and energising
drinks using ingredients like maca (a root vegetable nicknamed the Incan Viagra), camu camu (an Amazonian fruit that contains as much vitamin C as 60 oranges) or the ultra-nourishing
coca leaf.
On a separate room there's a makeup artist doing touch - ups and finally we can get cute little bottles of
coca - cola (which I don't
drink but hey they are cute!)
I don't even
drink any fizzy
drinks like
coca cola or sprite or sugary
drinks for the past 5 years I find that I don't care for sugar as much as I used too and it feels wonderful for the body Keep up the great job, and I know you can do it!
After our first «lazy» day in Cusco, having
drunk lots of «mate de
coca» (
coca tea) in order to prevent the «soroche» or altitude illness from hitting us, we were ready for our first excursion in the Cusco region: the Sacred Valley of the Incas.
Make sure you've
drank your fix of
coca tea (to combat the affects of altitude) for breakfast and you're wearing some sturdy shoes (those cobbles are slippery; flip - flops just ain't gonna cut it) before you attempt the climb.
Drink lots of liquids, preferably
coca tea, which you can find at most hotels and restaurants in the many areas of Peru.
Drinking mate de
coca (an infusion of
coca leaves — and perfectly legal in Peru) may help.
Reception in Cusco airport and Transfer to Marqueses Boutique Hotel where they will welcome you with cups of
coca leaf tea a traditional
drink to minimize the efects of altitude, Relax, rest and acclimatise.
Day 1: We start from Arequipa at 08:00 in our private transport, we pick you up at your hotel after 2 hours driving we visit the Vicuñas National Reservation of Salinas and Aguada Blanca, we stop some minutes at Patahuasi to appreciate the handicrafts of alpaca and to
drink a «mate de
coca» to avoid altitude sickness, because, the highest point on this road is 4,900 meters (more than 14,000 feet) at that altitude we can appreciate the view of all the volcanoes in line like Ubinas (smoking volcano) El Misti volcano, Chachani, Ampato (were they found Juanita mummy) Sabancaya (active volcano), Hualca Hualca and Mismi (at this mountain is located the source of the Amazon river) and also the magic «Apachetas» piles of stones or rocks set by locals and also by tourists like an offering to the «Apus» (spirits living inside the mountains and volcanoes).
If you don't like chewing the leaves, just fill a water bottle with hot water (which they supply at the campsites) and add a load of
coca leaves to it to make tea, which you can
drink as you go along.
Drink plenty of fluids such as water or
coca tea.
• Pre trek briefing • Pickup from your hotel in the morning • Transportation to the start of the trail (Lares - Pascana) • English speaking professional guide • Igloo tents - 2 persons in each 4 - person capacity tent with plenty of space for your backpacks • Double thickness foam mattress • Hot water every morning and evening for washing purposes (while hiking) • Accommodations: 2 nights camping, 1 night hotel • Cook and Cooking equipment • Meals (03B, 03 L, 03 D)- food includes pancakes, omelets, soups, fresh fruit, avocado, pasta, chicken, fish, meat, rice, all rich in carbohydrates and suitable for trekking, hot
drinks including
coca leaf tea which is excellent for the altitude • We supply boiled water to fill in your water bottle all the time, if requested with enough time ahead (while hiking) • Teatime the first two days (tea, coffee, biscuits, popcorn) • Horses days 1 - 3 (for equipment and personal items) including horsemen • Dining tent with camp tables and chairs • Kitchen tent • Accommodation for our crew • First aid kit including emergency oxygen bottle • Bus from Machu Picchu ruins up and down to the village of Aguas Calientes • Machu Picchu entrance fee • Train ticket (Backpackers service) from Aguas Calientes to Cusco • Transfer from the train station to your hotel.
Reception in Cusco airport and Transfer to Marqueses Boutique Hotel where they will welcome you with cups of
coca leaf tea a traditional
drink to minimize the efects of altitude, Relax, rest and acclimatize.
It is also used a lot in food and
drink branding across the world as it is known to stimulate appetite (think
coca cola!)