Here are are some random pictures of Peru and more of Machu Picchu. Unfortunately, I can faithfully say that I won't be traveling to Peru again. I did have a good time, and while Machu Picchu was marvelous, I was not impressed with the culture or food. Machu Picchu truly is a once in a lifetime experience.
Our hike from the town below at Aguas Calientes started at 3 am when it was still dark. We climbed up over a hundred stairs to get up to the entrance. As you can see from our sweaty faces, we made it to the entrance having adequately gotten enough cardio.
A map of Machu Picchu.
After being one of the first ones through the entrance that early morning, we darted to across the site to the entrance to Wayna Picchu where they would be handing out tickets for entrance to climb yet even higher.
Some of the early morning pictures we took while being the first ones in were the best pictures all day. The fog and morning atmosphere gives the place a really magical feeling.
This is how high up we really were. Candice and I made a joke that if ever we decided we wanted to kill ourselves, this would definitely be the way to go.
This is at the top of Wayna Picchu. Looking down you can see Machu Picchu as the dirt patch to the right with the zigzagging bus road to the left.
My favorite photo of me taken at Machu Picchu.
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Brit and I woke up at 7am for the day of hiking. We ate a bread roll for breakfast and on we went.
Another random cute Dog. 
After lunch we walked along these railroad tracks for hours...
I throughly enjoyed the touristy town of Aguas Calientes. The river runs right through the center of the town, in which they built little bridges to go across. They had plenty of resturants, and shopping, as well as a not so clean hot springs.
We drove and drove up to a ascent of 4000 meters in the mountains untill finally the driver stoped off on the side of the road in a turn off. The driver and guide named Oscar unloaded and gave us all helmets, gloves, and a bike. The only instructions we recieved was "stay on your right side of the road". 
Our whole group ready to take off...
We were actually riding all the way down to where you can see the river in this picture.
Aren't we sexy in our helmets?
Our ride ended at the bottom of the mountain where we had lunch and stuffed ourselves back into the van. They drove us along a one lane, extremely narrow, dirt road on the edge of a cliff over looking the river untill we reached Saint Theresa. Definately not much to say about Saint Theresa, a shit hole basically.
The street outside our hospaje.
Random cute dog.
Just checking in from Cusco. We arrived really early this morning from Lima. Half the day was spent being sick with nausea and dizziness from the altitude. Candice and I found that drinking Coca Tea, as the locals do, is a herbal remedy to the altitude sickness. Now at evening, I am feeling great and ready for tomorrow´s adventures.
The day in Cusco today was spent enjoying the sun, scenic street scenes, and quaint mountain town feeling of this city. We went to the center and visited the cathedral and did some shopping. I tried a popular drink called "Inca Kola", very appropriate I know, while watching the children chasing the pigeons at the fountain. It was nice to have a somewhat relaxing day today so that our bodies aclimitize and because we just have no clue as to the days to come.
We booked a guided tour today in which what we know thus far is that we are taking a bus for 1 hour and 40 minutes to an elevation of 4000 meters in the mountains. At this point we will mountain bike down to 2000 meters where we will stay over night in a very small mountain town. There we can enjoy the water fall and hot springs. The next day we have a 6 hour hike to the next town Aguas Calientes where we spend the night. The last day we hike up to Machu Picchu. Then we get back to Cusco via train and bus.
I say this all very unassured because in our briefing tonight, we didn´t really receive the fine details of our expedition so we have no idea what to expect.
So I´m sure we are not going to have internet for the next three days, so I will let you all know how this turns out. (I wish I could upload my pictures, but the internet here is too slow.)
Goodnight.
Hola! Today I didn´t wake up till noon. Candice and I went out last night with some people from the hostel. We managed to stay out till 4am on a Monday in Lima where normally everything shuts down early. We went to a nightclub where they played everything from House music to songs from Dirty Dancing. Very interesting choices of musica, lol. Anyways, it was dead and us and the other 5 people who came out managed to be the life of the dance floor.
I was so exhausted, I managed to sleep though the hair dryer and all the commotion made from the other girls in our dorm room, including their converse shoes hitting the wooden floor making our bunk bed rattle.
Candice and I started the day sharing a cab to Central Lima. (Sorry more pictures later, camera died while trying to upload.)
We took a walk down to the coast line after central Lima.
Lover´s Park
I´m hanging on tight...
Haha, she has no idea that I´m scared shitless.
Me.
Candice.
Okay, okay so it wasn´t that bad. Just really cold. The view was awesome and I lived to tell about it. 
The cliff mall. Larcomall.
I had lunch in a local resturant accross the street where I sat and talked to other American travelers. Tonight I´m going to share a taxi with them to the airport when I go meet Candice. They gave me some really good advice about Cusco and Machu Picchu. I am excitied to leave Lima, as I find I do with every big city. My impression of Lima at this point is that it has very little to offer besides crowded streets and smog.A church by the hostel. 
A Starbucks in every country... 
