"One Thing About This Country, They Always Give You These Little Pieces of Paper"
July 6th 2011 “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.
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