Machu Picchu... What else can I say, but that it really is wonderous! We got up at 3:30 and ate breakfast in the complete darkness. It was a delicious breakfast (pancakes) and we walked to the entry point of the last part of the Inca trail in total darkness. Now if I thought those crazy Inca stairs were scary in the daytime, they are pee-your-pants scary when you can't see them! We arrive there at about 4:40 and had to wait about an hour to pass through the gate.
Our early morning view from the waiting point
When we did get through to the trail, we walked for about 2 hours through the jungle! It was pretty cool to see all of the exotic plants and flowers on the path. It started to really heat up too! I finally reached the Puerta del Sol and really felt like crying! I was so happy to have arrived and to be able to see Machu Picchu at last, but I was exhausted.
The first view of Machu Picchu
From the Puerta del Sol it was only about an hour walk to Machu Picchu! What an amazing feeling it was to only have an hour left! We walked, I sang, and we finally arrived to see the crowded, but amazing site! To think about what was happening here only 500 years ago is mind blowing! Now it's just a bunch of rocks, but then it was a bustling city with temples that were visited by Incas from all around! I really loved to feel the sensation that I had done something incredibly important!
My very typical Machu Picchu shot!
It was beautiful! And an overall beautiful day, but I think that the pictures really speak better than words, and the pictures hardly to justice to the real thing!
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