Tagged: Aguas Calientes

Discover Machu Picchu

Discover Machu Picchu

Discover Machu Picchu. May 30. My friend’s alarm went off at 3:30am.  Yuck.  She went to the shower and I stayed in bed.  When she got out she crawled back into bed which lead to a precarious position whereby we used energy that really should have been saved for the climb.  Life is not easy. By the time breakfast was consumed it was too late to hike up the mountain, so we spent $10 U.S. to ride the bus up...

Cusco to Aguas Calientes: Machu Picchu

Cusco to Aguas Calientes: Machu Picchu

Cusco to Aguas Calientes: Machu Picchu. May 29. There was not a lot of sleep to be had as we went to bed late last night and I was up early this morning because of a pair of wondering hands.  Life can get worse… We got on our Cusco to Aguas Calientes $100 U.S. tour to Machu Picchu in a van with about 13 other gringos.  I had to sit beside a crusty woman from Argentina who was a nasty...