Aguas Calientes Peru Travel Blogs

Heel het kamp is vanmorgen al vrij vroeg wakker. Nieuwsgierig naar wat er allemaal gaande is, kom ik de tent uit. De meesten va…

The ominous dark clouds obscuring the tops of the hills above Aguas Calientes the afternoon before didn´t give me high hopes f…

Wednesday 27 Feb, 2008This morning we didn't have to wake up SUPER early, but we did have to check out of the hostel by 9:00am.…

It was chilly when we woke up but nothing like the night before.  The same mate de coca still tasted wonderful after anoth…

I was awake before dawn since it was so hard to sleep.  The best solution was to pull the cover of the sleeping bag over m…

We left Hotel Qusqo at 5AM to catch the first train to Aguas Calientes. The trip is about 5 hours total, an…

Today is bus-day. We leave our luggage at the hotel in Cusco and take each only an up to 5-kilo-bag with us. We're supposed to …

DAY ONE It was an early 4.30am start on the first day and it followed a typical South American routine - get the gringos up bl…

Day one We awoke at 6am to beautiful surroundings and the backdrop of a snow-capped mountain. The porters were busily preparin…

I joined Alana, Katherine, Megan and Rupert and a few of the others in the morning and shared the fresh ground local coffee I h…

I woke up a few minutes before the alarm clock rang with a splitting headache.  Mate de coca, biscuits with jam and cheese…

This morning we go to the station of Ollanto by bus (the train station down Ollantaitambo, where we were yesterday). That's whe…

It was chaos when we arrived in Aguas Caliente.  We had a hostel in mind and thought we knew how to get there from the tra…

After I said goodbye to Katarina, I packed my stuff in the hotel to travel back to Cusco by train. I had enough time but I chec…

Although it wasn't very far to the train station the receptionist called a taxi for me. So for 2 Soles he dropped me off at the…