Our trip to Machu Picchu was one of the high points of our stay in Peru. We left Cusco early in the morning on the Vistadome train to Aguas Calientes. The train ride is about four hours through the Urubamba Valley. Perurail is the only way to get to Machu Picchu except walking in for four days on the Inca Trail. Since the Inca Trail is closed for maintenance for the month of February, we went by train. We got to the village of Aguas Calientes in the middle of the day and checked into a nice hotel. Since most of the tour groups go to MP between 10 and 2, we planned to go later in the afternoon to enjoy the sunset and to make plans for sunrise photos for the next day. I had no idea how much climbing is involved if you want to see all of MP!! It is much larger and more spread out than I had imagined. Going during the rainy season turned out to be a good idea. Not only were there fewer tourists, but we were treated to a double rainbow over the Urubamba Mountains. I took the normal postcard views of Machu Picchu from the Caretaker's Hut, but I also tried to get some more unusual views.
4 comments:
It is a very nice collection of nice memory.
What an incredible rainbow!
Unbelievable - easy to see why this has always been considered a magical place -
beautiful photos - and I like seeing you & Tommy in some!
Love,
MJ
I like how it seems in your pictures that there are more llamas than people at MP - great photos!
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