“Your true traveler finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty-his excessive freedom. He accepts his boredom, when it comes, not merely philosophically, but almost with pleasure.” – Aldous Huxley July 4, 2011. Took the train to Aguas Calientes, which is the town you must go through to get to Machu Picchu. The train ride was three hours long but very nice. I met a German couple and a guy from New Jersey. They were seated with me as the seats were in groups of four with a table in between. We had some very enjoyable conversations about culture, language and traveling. After getting to AC, I had the problem of not knowing whether I really had a room since my reservation was kind of dodgy (and my bank decided not
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