Machu Picchu on the cheap: My own gringo trail.
October 26th 2009 The plan was to set out at 7 am. Jeff, the owner of the closest thing to a biker bar in Cuzco, had given me on the scoop on the back door entrance to The Citadel. Follow the route to Santa Maria via Oyantantambo and turn left. Follow that road to its end at the hydroelectric plant, and walk from there. Simple.
Of course, my seven o'clock start became an 8 o'clock start before I left the bar
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