http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Aguas-Calientes/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Peru , Cusco , Aguas Calientes en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:43:57 +0000 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:43:57 +0000 Hi EveryoneIts Nat again. Just a really quick update today. Yesterday we went to Ollantaytambo Oyantaytambo. 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 Picch http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Aguas-Calientes/blog-454510.html Greetings from Aquas Calientes. Technical that means hot waters but its 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 Ive got http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Aguas-Calientes/blog-445048.html 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 ther http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Aguas-Calientes/blog-424824.html 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. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Aguas-Calientes/blog-422407.html Itrsquos Tuesday night and Irsquom 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. Irsquove walked from one end to the other several times.Because Inti Raymi and tomorrowrsquos strike has pretty much isolated the village it is very dead today. I think there are only a ha http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Aguas-Calientes/blog-411688.html 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 reg http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Aguas-Calientes/blog-404430.html Hello Im back in civilization and the land of internet after finishing our 4day 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 15000 ft or 4600m before dropping into cloud forest on the other side of the pass and winding along several stunning valleys. We were sup http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Aguas-Calientes/blog-401272.html Aguas CalientesDecided 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 http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Aguas-Calientes/blog-399004.html 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 andor have a picture you would be willing to share http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Aguas-Calientes/blog-397166.html 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 http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Aguas-Calientes/blog-394080.html Hi all and a belated Happy St. Paddys day to you. I have to say Ive had the best St. Paddys Day ever and not because Ive consumed heaps of green beer I spent the entire day on Machu Picchu. I got up at 4 am to line up and catch the 530 bus up the mountain. My primary desire to watch the sunrise on MP and watch it I did. It was so amazing relatively few people there at that time just an http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Aguas-Calientes/blog-382896.html Still alive and surviving on fruit and bread as promised. We had an early 3hr flight to Cuzco yesterday morning and made it in by around 715AM. The city is over 11000 ft above sea level and the air is very thin so we were feeling a little woozy when we arrived. Luckily we got some altitude sickness pills in the farmcia before leaving Lima which we have been taking and which seem to help. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Aguas-Calientes/blog-380608.html Hola conozco muy bien la ruta he visitado muchas veces Machupicchu por asuntos de trabajo.... me gusta mucho la fotografia y este es un estupendo lugar si piensas quedarte varios dias.Hay rutas nuevas de acceso a Machupicchu una de ellas es por Santa Teresa.Puedes reservar un hotel o un tour en el mismo portal de Machupicchu Pueblo o Aguas CalientesHay precios muy cmodos y hoteles muy lujosos http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Aguas-Calientes/blog-378980.html Today we boarded a train at Cusco. Our destination was Aguas Calientes the town closest to the ruined Inca city of Machu Picchu. This train was a backpacker service so not nearly as comfortable as the train we had taken just a few days before. But no matter the journey was an interesting one. To begin with the train had to get from the valley floor in Cusco to the top of the hills that surroun http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Aguas-Calientes/blog-376762.html Die Fahrt mit dem Zug nach Aguas Calientes auf ca. 2100m haben wir zum Glueck in der First Class gebucht.Der Vorteil gegenueber der Backpacker Class ist dass die Wagons mit Panoramafenster ausgestattet sind.Die ganze Zeit 3h faehrt man in so steilen Taelern dass man diese Fenster definitiv benoetigt will man etwas von der Umgebung sehen.Eine Unterkunft zu finden in dieser Zeit war kein Prob http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Aguas-Calientes/blog-376525.html I am typing this blog from the Internet Cafe overlooking the main plaza with the fast computers not the posh one with good lattes and leather furniture and too slow computers. see photo for view Using the internet is much like checking into this tourist town. Buyer beware. The town was created solely to service the tourists going to Machu Picchu. By the sounds of construction outside at th http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Aguas-Calientes/blog-374878.html Day 13 Machu PicchuToday we had anther early start 4.30am thought we were on holiday I don't get up this early at home as we had to get the train to Aguas Calientes which is also known as Machu Picchu town.The Perurail train is now owned by an American company and they have made it so expensive that the locals cannot afford to use this transport any more and it is mainly just for tourists li http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Aguas-Calientes/blog-372743.html Caminamos 5 dias para llegar a Machu Pichu a traves del Camino de Salkantay. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Aguas-Calientes/blog-369054.html We took Peru Rail to Machu Picchu and stayed in the small but growing tourist town of Aguas Calientes. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Aguas-Calientes/blog-368509.html Cuzco Machu PichuArrived in Cuzco on an overnight bus and checked into my hostel converted from a 450 year old building it is a backpacker central and all the perks such as free internet bar hot waterhelliphellip I spent the afternoon walking around the city center. Cuzco or Qosqrsquoo in Quechua was the capital of the Inca Empire and draws thousands every year to visit the numerou http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Aguas-Calientes/blog-367563.html