3 Days of Machu Picchu (Part 3)

Brit and I woke up at 7am for the day of hiking. We ate a bread roll for breakfast and on we went.

Our guide Oscar in the yellow, is giving us the run down on where we are going.

Here is where we encountered a waterfall that was absolutely freezing cold.

Our group stopping for lunch.Another random cute Dog.

After lunch we walked along these railroad tracks for hours...

Until we finally got to Aguas Calientes, the final stop before Machu Picchu.

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.

After a shower, Brit and I did some shopping and worried about the whereabouts of our friends. They were supposedly supposed to be picked up from the tour agency that morning, but no one seemed to have any answers.

Thankfully, they turned up as a lucky chance because the bus dropped them off but failed to let them know what hotel we were staying at. By chance, our tour guide saw them wandering around the town.

After another meal of chicken milanase, papas fritas, and rice, the four of us decided upon waking up at 3am to start the climb to Machu Picchu. Apparently in order to make the really big hike up to the top of Waynu Picchu, you had to be at the front entrance at opening because they only let 400 visitors up a day.

Well good night.