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By NatMac
November 20th 2009
Quick Update South America » Peru » Cusco » Aguas Calientes
Hi Everyone, It´s Nat again. Just a really quick update today. Yesterday we went to Ollantaytambo (O-yan-tay-tam-bo). Very cool town built by the Incas. Cobblestone streets and all... Very nice.... but TODAY... We went to Machu Picchu!!!!!! We got up very early this morning and took the train to Aguas Calientes, which is a small town that built up quickly for all the tourists flocking to Machu Picchu. We got to the ruins by around 2pm today and spent about 2 hours there wandering around. It was amazing! It was raining by the time we got up the mountain (up in [View Full Entry]

NatMac - Natalie MacFarlane | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 20th 2009 | 24 Views | [diary=454510]


Greetings from Aquas Calientes. Technical, that means hot waters, but it´s also slang for fire water, aka booze.... One set back this morning. We had a pair of sisters traveling with us and one of them did not adjust well to the altitude change, so they have left us and gone back to Lima. Odd thing about our hotel. There were no clocks in the room. It just seems strange to me, I guess I´ve gotten spoiled. Oh, and they had curry chicken for breakfast. That struck me as odd.... Left the hotel at 8 am and headed back to the [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 14th 2009 | 58 Views | [diary=445048]


My boyfriend and I are going to Peru August 21st. We are doing the backpacking and shoestring type travel and we need to know if we have to reserve a trip to Macchu Picchu in advance? We don't have time to do the Inka trail, we were wanting just two separate day trips. Can we just show up in Cusco or Aguas Calientes and book a guide or bus or train for a day trip or two to MP? Has anyone been there recently? How expensive? Thanks! Angela [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 3rd 2009 | 55 Views | [diary=424824]


Treti den jsme jeli kus busem, pak sli 3 hodiny po kolejich. A nakonec jsme dorazili pod machu picchu do vesnicky Aquas Calientes. Dali si pozdni obidek a odpoledne jeste vyrazili na vyslap na nedalekou horu. Jen asi hodinu a pul do kopce a byli jsme nahore. Pred nama se otevrel vyhled a videli jsme Machu Picchu. Prvni pohled, hodne zebriku pred nama dolu, ale stalo to za to. [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 26th 2009 | 25 Views | [diary=422407]

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It’s Tuesday night and I’m in Aguas Calientes, the tiny pueblo which serves as the base for Machu Picchu activities. Pretty much everything here revolves around the ruins. And it really is tiny. I’ve walked from one end to the other several times. Because Inti Raymi and tomorrow’s strike has pretty much isolated the village, it is very dead today. I think there are only a handful of tourists in this hostal, Hostal El Tumi (which isn’t very nice by the way). In fact, there are relatively few tourists here in Aguas Calientes at all. I found out that the strike [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 24th 2009 | 179 Views | [diary=411688]

Railroad in the Rainforest
Rio Urubamba and Aguas Calientes
Aguas Calientes

As expected, the third day was not as interesting as the first two, but it did have a few moments of note. We started off by taking a bus to the trail head, rather than walking. This was rather frustrating to some in our group, because it was not listed as part of the itinerary, and cost extra. Some people had been traveling for a while, and were really tired of the creeping cost nature of the region by this time. I have to admit, even though our walk along the train tracks between Santa Teresa and Aguas was not more [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 3rd 2009 | 40 Views | [diary=404430]

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Hello! I´m back in civilization (and the land of internet) after finishing our 4-day trek to Machu Picchu. It was absolutely incredible! We had such a good time. Our trek took us from Mollepata to Machu Picchu by way of the Salkantay Pass, which rises to 15,000 ft (or 4600m) before dropping into cloud forest on the other side of the pass and winding along several stunning valleys. We were supposed to trek for 4 days before reaching Machu Picchu, but due to complications at the airport (a four hour delay) we missed the first day´s hike and caught up to [View Full Entry]

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Published: May 22nd 2009 | 169 Views | [diary=401272]

Camp; Night 1
At the summit!!!  15,000 ft!
Our trek group

Aguas Calientes Decided to write the Machu Picchu section up in two blogs. The train left Ollantaytambo on time (0530) and despite our misgivings the sun was up sufficiently to allow some good views of the countryside. The trains are in good condition but the tracks are not all that smooth. As expected prices were higher in Aguas Calientes but not exhorbiently so. We had breakfast and a walk around until the 9am checkout time for the Hostels. Took a room at Hostel John for 50 Soles which was nothing exceptional but was OK for the night (we had left the [View Full Entry]

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Published: May 14th 2009 | 70 Views | [diary=399004]

Aguas Calientes
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We just got back from an amazing ten days in Peru. When we left Aguas Calientes on the train headed for Cusco, just after we left there was a lock and dam on the river on the right side and, a little bit after that, up on the hills on the right side, was an Incan ruin right next to a wonderful waterfall. Does anybody know the name of this site and/or have a picture you would be willing to share [View Full Entry]

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Published: May 7th 2009 | 13 Views | [diary=397166]


Just a quick note to let you know that I survived the Inca Trail!! It was a really great experience, and I will find some decent internet access in Cusco tomorrow to update everyone properly and upload some pictures. Machu Picchu is definitely worth the hype. I am currently aching a lot having just come down to Aguas Calientes from Machu Picchu on the bus and had lunch... Have to go and catch the train back to Cusco now!! xxx [View Full Entry]

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Published: April 26th 2009 | 29 Views | [diary=394080]



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