We slipped away quietly and walked easily to the Colorado River and Phantom Ranch where the tourists stay after coming down on guided mule trips.
At 3 30 pm on the afternoon of the same day, four Rajput companies of the eight companies making up the 5th Light Infantry and 100 men of the Malay States Guides Mule Battery mutinied.
They are our guides, expert mule herders and research assistants.
A three-day trek for a family of four is £174pp with guide, cook, mules and transfers from Marrakech.
Tourism provides an important means of income for the Havasupai tribe, which owns and manages the 24-room Havasupai Lodge - the only lodging for 75 miles – and provides guides and mule packing services.
Several travel agencies in Cuzco organize tours to Choquequirao with pre-arranged accommodation, transportation, guides and mules or horses, typically for about $300 to $400.
As "Over the Edge" notes, a saddled-up mule guide fell to his death (with his mule) in 1951.
Waiting for us was our guide, cook and mule (that being three separate entities not one multi-functional donkey/horse hybrid).
Our group of four hikers, two guides and a mule or two to haul our camping gear, would be hiking a distance of no more than 20 miles at a pretty enthusiastic lick, up the Torres arroyo, into high sierra, crossing over from the Urique Canyon into the Cerro Colorado Canyon before descending into the Batopilas Canyon.
You can make arrangements yourself for less than the tour quoted above with Ethiopian travel agencies in Addis Ababa or Gondar, but if you're thinking of going it alone you're best off making your own way to the park headquarters where you can arrange a guide, cook and mules as well as the compulsory armed ranger.
Buses run from Cusco to Ramal, close to Cachora, where guides and pack mules can easily be hired There are some wonderful treasures in the far east of Turkey and one of them is the site of Ani.
