Peru 2005: Day 8 — Machu Picchu, Aguas Calientes
Our final bus ride down was as nerve-racking as our first.
Our final bus ride down was as nerve-racking as our first.
We stood on the upper guard shack terrace and snapped image after image after image.
The ruins of Sayacmarca were the first close-up super-cool ruins we had gotten to see on the trail.
I have tried awesome shoes, cheap shoes, heavy shoes and light shoes.
After the horse incident at 4 in the morning, things quieted down pretty well.
The coolest thing… as we approached the site, we saw THATCHED ROOF COTTAGES!
Hiking down through the salt mines was amazing and definitely recommended!
I was starting to feel a major headache and very tired.
Waking up at a reasonable hour, we grabbed breakfast and quickly discovered how nasty coffee in Peru really is.
We had chosen to arrive in Lima a day early so that we could explore and recover from the flight.
Would we ever have this opportunity again?
The zamboni freshening the sheet… boy they paint ’em cool here.