Inca Trail, Day 4: Machu Picchu
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006Well, today is it. The last day of the trek, finally reaching Machu Picchu. We were up at 4, breakfasting, and on our way. We followed the train tracks to Machu Picchu Town, though did have to watch, because the tracks were live. We had plenty of time to get off the tracks if a train was coming… though sometimes not much room, as we were hugging the river on the other side. Compared to the rest of the days, this hike was nothing, and wasn’t very long til we got to the town. We dumped our gear in a restaurant they had reserved and boarded a bus, driven by yet another crazy Peruvian driver, to take us up to Machu Picchu. Once there, Victor gave us about a 2 hour tour of some of the highlights before sending us off to explore on our own. There’s really not much I can saw about it but… WOW! The site is just so big, with so many ruins… Part of the reason we were trying to get there so early was to avoid the flood of people, and I’m glad we did. There were still others while we were there, but just a couple isolated groups. The masses came later, though. I have to admit, there didn’t seem to be quite the energy as I felt at Wiñaywayna.. surely due to the traffic it sees daily, but the sheer size and views were still enough to make you tingly. Words cannot describe how cool it was, and if a picture is worth a 1000 of them… ehh, I’ll cut with the clichés and just show you the damn photos… [read on]
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