Blogs from Machu Picchu, Cusco, Peru, South America - page 11

Porters were up at 2.30 am and as our tent was only a couple of metres from them we were awake as well. We had to get up at 3.30 as we had to be packed up and had breakfast by 4.30. The porters have to catch a train at 5.30 from the bottom of the valley. We walked down to the check point were we had to wait until 5.30 until the check point opened. There was a very large group waiting to walk. We had our head light on to start the walk. It took about an hour to get to the Sun gate where we got our first glimpse of Machu Pichu. Some of the track was very steep. One section they call the monkey climb we went up using and hands . ... read more

We completed the 4 day jungle trek to Machu Picchu around April 22, including over 50km of hiking(22 on the Inka trail), downhill mountain biking, zip lining, and amazon jungle ending at beautiful Machu Picchu at sun rise. At MP we walked through the Inka ruins, trekked the Inka bridge, Sun Gate, and Machu Picchu Mountain. It was all a bit surreal! Enjoy..... GandR... read more

Best intentions of getting up early to catch the first sun rays on Matchu Picchu did not eventuate; the body was not responding after the prior days trek. The legs were surprisingly good when I finally got going. Attached photos describe the day in which the weather continued to behave.... read more

Atsikėlę papusryčiaujam, susikrovę visus daigtus didžiąsias kuprines paliekam hostelyje, o patys su būtiniausiais daigtais mažose kuprinėse keliaujam iki pagrindinės miesto aikštės kur 8 ryto mus turėtų paimti mikriukas ir nuvežti iki hidroelektrinės kuri yra netoli Maču Pikču. Mikriukas atvažiuoja 8.30, nuo čia kelionė turėtų trukti apie 6 val. Pirma kelionės pusė man jau matytomis vietovėmis, mat čia važiavau su ekskursija prieš kelias dienas. Antra pusė kelio gerokai sudėtingesnė. Pervažiuojam kelis kalnagūbrius, tad posūkis seka po posūkio, mikriukas važiuoja gan greit, tad manau ne vieną šiek tiek pradeda pykinti nuo tokio važiavimo. Bet vaizdai irgi nerealūs. Paskutinė kelionės atkarpa vietomis primena mirties kelią. Siauras vingiuotas žvyrkelis kurio šalikelė - status skardis. Apie 15.30 pasiekam tikslą, o nuo čia dar bent 2,5 val. pėsčiomis iki miestelio Aguas Calientes, kur apsi... read more

We got up around 7.00am, had a quick wash and checked out of our hostel. We made our way to what we were told was a bus station. We turned the corner and were immediately being waved, screamed and shouted at "Ollantaytambo!!!!!!!!!" "15 Soles!!!!!!". One of the quieter guys who was already taking two local women selling fruit and vegetables offered to take us for 10 Soles so we decided to go with him. Once we arrived we had about 1 hour and 30 minutes to kill so had a musli breakfast. After eating we made our way into the station to wait for our Inca Rail train. After some goofing around and Jon doing little dances in his walking boots that he was secretly growing to like the train arrived. The train was really nice ... read more