Here we are at Aguas Caliente! We're now just a bus ride away from Machu Picchu! Hehehe!
Have you noticed a lot of places here in Peru have stairs/uphill!
Here's our first glimpse inside Machu Picchu! We were lucky that morning since it wasn't too foggy and we had a clear view!
The sunrise was amazing! You can see the sun's rays slowly lighting up the ruins. The photo on the right is the guardhouse, and yes, we climbed up there! That's where you'll get more beautiful photos of the area!
Isn't the stonework here just amazing? Can you imagine being the first person to rediscover the ruins as Hiram Bingham did? It was covered by the jungle but to suddenly see very fine stone work underneath all that would have been, just wow!
Here's some photos around Machu Picchu:
Can you see the llamas? Those llamas have free reign at the area! Everybody was oohing and ahhing when we saw a few of them walking with people on the paths at the ruins! The photo on the right is the side showing the terraces built as the foundation for Machu Picchu... It's just amazing that people of old was able to build such structures without heavy machineries, in the middle of the jungle, on a mountain!!!
Tada! Isn't the view just amazing? One nice thing about the trek was, every night, our guide was telling us the story of the Inca's, what happened when the Spaniards arrived, what may have happened in Machu Picchu. Our guide mentioned, that some people believes that the Inca king is still alive, and is living in the Amazon forest, protected by the Amazon people. What do you think?
Here's a few photos on our way to the Inka bridge. I was expecting a bridge that's suspended... what do you know, the bridge we saw was quite interesting... It was tree logs put across the gap on the cliff (The bottom right photo is the bridge)! They were in the process of restoring it at the time, but you can walk up to where the bridge starts. I walked up to the bridge, and it was pretty hairy! Have you noticed that there are no rails or anything on the cliff side? The good thing is, there's a rope you can hold onto while walking, which gave me a little bit of comfort! Hee-hee!
Isn't the llama cute? Hehehe!
Look at how big the steps are in some areas there! My friend was saying, why are the steps at the ruins so big, when the local people that we see there were not tall at all! Hahaha! She's got a point though. The steps were really big at the ruins, even in Cusco! =)
Alas, we have to say goodbye to this magical place!
Yes, we took the train back to Cusco... hehehe! I don't think we've got the energy to walk back to Cusco... =D
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