The trip to Machu Picchu as performed by train, taking it in the station from Cuzco with direction to the town of “Aguas Calientes”, which is at the foot of the ruins of Machu Picchu, the travel by train takes about three hours and one can make friends with other tourists who go on the train with the same desire to know the famous ruins.

In “Aguas Calientes” we take the buses that go up to the entrance from the ruins, and at that point the atmosphere of the place has a special feature and one is preparing to visit this magical place.

In Macchu Picchu missing senses to understand everything that one sees and feels, is difficult in a few lines to explain the meaning of all components of Macchu Picchu, where we find sites like “Area of the Lizard" or the "Area of the Puma" which is the point where we find the “Observatory Astronomical Intihuatana”, “the Main Temple”  and “the Temple of the three windows” and many other places whose names are already forgotten.

After appreciate everything you could return first to “Aguas Calientes” where one can use a plate of food before returning to take the train that will take us back to Cuzco in an entertaining journey when you can exchanges your experiences with other travelers.

In Spanish:

Macchu Picchu

El viaje a Macchu Picchu lo efectuamos por tren, tomando el mismo de la estación del Cuzco con destino al pueblo de Aguas Calientes que queda en las faldas de las ruinas de Macchu Picchu, el viajo por tren toma unas tres horas pero uno hace amistades con otros turistas que van en el tren con el mismo deseo de conocer las famosas ruinas.

De Aguas Calientes se toman los buses que lo suben hasta el ingreso a las ruinas, ya en ese punto la atmósfera del lugar tiene una característica especial y uno se dispone a conocer este mágico lugar.

En Macchu Picchu faltan sentidos para entender todo lo que uno ve y siente, es difícil en pocas líneas explicar el significado de todos los componentes de Macchu Picchu, donde encontramos sitios como el “Espacio del Lagarto” o el “Espacio del Puma” que es el punto donde encontramos el “Observatorio astronómico de Intihuatana”, “el Templo principal”, “el Templo de las tres ventanas” y muchos otros sitios cuyos nombres uno ya olvida.

Después de apreciar todo lo que se puede, llega el momento de retornar primero a Aguas Calientes donde uno puede servirse un plato de comida  antes de volver a tomar el tren que nos llevara nuevamente al Cuzco en un viaje de retorno ameno por los intercambios de experiencias de los viajeros.

    So we get up early and head away to the start of the trail. For those that don´t know the Inca trail consists of about 50km of walking starting off at 2380 metres above sea level and climbing up to 4200 metres above sea level back down to 3600m then up to 4000m before heading down to Macchupicchu, an old inca city. On the way you see plenty of Inca ruins. But i must say we did have porters who carried most of our gear. In fact we were pretty well looked after with 3 cooked meals a day and when we got to our campsite all our tents were already up and there was a hot drink waiting. But was pretty cool. The climb up to Dead Womans Pass was not the easiest thing I´ve ever done but was well worth it.

Macchupicchu and the other ruins are quite amazing, the share size of some them is mind boggling. All built out of rock and terraced. The fourth day when we got to Macchupicchu we were real lucky with the weather was raining the day before and the day after but we managed to get sunshine which helped get some pretty cool pictures. We also managed to climb Waynapicchu which overlooks Macchupicchu. The signs say it should take an hour to get up but with Hamish leading the way we managed to get up in 26mins. Was absolutely knackered once we got up but the view was well worth it.

We then spent the afternoon at the local thermal baths and chilled out and relaxed. We headed back to Cusco the next day and then it was off to the jungle....