Sorry, i ran out of time last night, but there are a few things you just cannot miss. So i will start with our arrival at Machupicchu. We met two guys on the train that had decided to come with us to machupicchu the next day. Juan decided to come and hike Waynapicchu early in the morning with us.
Anyway, when we arrived in the city, it was about 8 at night, but the moon was out and it was really bright. So we walked to the Hostal ( not hotel) where we were staying. But it turned out they didnt have enough space and some of us had to go to another hostal down the street and around the corner, where they had shifted our reservation. Well, Dad grandpa and i had the room on ground level, and there were about 3 stories of rooms above that. The thing was, above the first floor, the wall opposite the rooms were all blown out, and there was junk everywhere on the other side of the stairs!!! It was so nasty!! ok, and there were a few problems. First, i believe every single person in our group had left their flea collars in our other luggage!!! ( we had only packed an overnight bag.) so a lot of the girls were having problems with sleeping in the beds. As far as i know, almost all of them slept with just one sheet on them and all the blankets on the floor. But grandpa dad and i slept great, we used the blankets and still didnt get any fleas. Also, Valerie and Caitlin had a problem with their bathroom window. IT WOULDNT LOCK CLOSED!!! I ended up taking a chunk of tile from the constructiontools all over the ground. WE used it to brace the window shut.
So on Wednesday morning, 9 of us gathered at six to catch the bus up to MachuPicchu. We arrived up there at 6:30 planning to be at the top of Waynapicchu when the sun rose. But, the whole way up, we were completly surrounded in fog! We got to the gate to WaynaPicchu, but there was a huge line to get in. We werent able to get through the gate until 8:30!! But we made it in. They only let 200 people in at 7:00, and 200 at 10:00, but they only let them in a few at a time! We ended up barely making it, Dad was number 194, only 6 more people made it in!!!
The climb was beautiful, the fog made everything so surreal. We got t0 the top at about 9:00 ish, and the fog was just starting to clear. It was very Beautiful, but we couldnt really see Machupicchu. The top was really scary, it was so steep!!! Amazing. Well, It turned out Grandpa was the oldest person to hike that day, at 70 years old!! Well, most people were in their twenties, and we had them in the teens, the forties, and grandpa. It was awesome. Thenwe explored the ruins, it was amazing how much work the Incans were able to do on top of such a steep mountian!! They had been building it for 94 years, but never finished it. They abandoned it when they thought the Spaniards were invading. Anyway, I will post pics later so you can see.
We took the train back to Urubamba, then took a two hour drive to Cuzco, then slept for 5 hours at the Maybe Hotel.
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