So lets just say that not much sleep was had :-). I got out of bed at 4am for a quick shower and then was at breakfast by 4.30am. The group consist of 6 Spanish people and 1 Mexican guy. After advice from the hostel we de ided not to hike to the entrance of the park as we will have no energy to do any of the hikes inside the site. So we are all at the bus station just over 5am and we drive for 30min to the entrance of the Machu Pichu. At this point we have seen that clearly we are now in a different temperature/climate area and insect are appearing :-).
At around 6am we are able to go int Machu Pichu site. It is day light now, but we do,have some lingering clouds around the mountains. This gives a very impressive site to Machu Pichu ruins when we first see them. They are lot more impressive than I thought. I think its be ause of the mountains around them. They are spectacular. We are meeting our guide at 11am for a talking tour of the site, so we now have time to hike to the mountains we have booked. 2 of us are hiking the Machu Pichu mountain and the rest the WaynuPichu Mountain.
Lets just say that it took 1.30h to hike up steep steps with spectacular views of the ruins, it was a hard hike but a very extremely rewarding one. Up the top i took a well deserved 30min break just taking beautiful pictures and observing the sorroundings.
The way down was a lot faster, with a 45min timing.
We all meet our guide at 11 and spend 2h walking and talking about the site. It truly is a unique site and wonder of the world. I would recommend everyone to put it on their bucket list,
The afternoon goes fast with a return to the hostel, lunch and a train back at 4.30pm. The trip back is in day light so Ig et to appreciate the spectacular ride through the Andes mountains.
Finally return to Cusco at 8.30pm and I am beat from the past 2 days.
