We had to wake up early this morning to catch our train. Our
room included an amazing buffet breakfast, so we had that and then took a taxi
to the train station. The train ride to Aguas Calientes (the town at the base
of Machu Picchu) took about 4 hours. I actually really enjoyed the ride though.
The scenery was breath taking and the train had windows on all sides, as well as
the ceiling. They also served us a nice meal during the trip.
We arrived at Aguas Calientes around 12:30 and checked into
our bed and breakfast. It was simple, but nice. We didn’t have any plans for
while we were here since it is a small touristy town so we decided that we were
just going to relax for the day. That lasted for about 1 hour while we were
eating lunch and then we heard about this really cool hike you could do about
10 mins outside of town that had views of Machu Picchu. We debated for a while
and then decided we had to do it. I am
so glad we decided to do the hike because it was seriously one of the best
hikes I have ever done. The hike is of Putucusi Mountain and it is 1550 ft of pretty much straight elevation gain through a series of steep stone steps and
wooden latters. It was pretty difficult and a little scary at times, but when
you got to the top you had an amazing view of the front of Machu Picchu and all
of the surrounding mountains. It was unreal and I was in awe. The best part was
that the hike was totally free and we only saw 4 people the whole time. In
totally, the hike took about 2.5 hours to get up and down. It ended up being
another big day so we just got a pizza for dinner on the way back to the bed
and breakfast and went to bed early so we could get up for Machu Picchu
tomorrow.
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