Friday, April 14, 2006
Machu Picchu - Finally some pictures
Thursday
First up hope everyone has a good Easter - Cusco is humming tonight as it is Thursday and tomorrow is Good Friday.
Up early to see beat the rush at Machu Picchu. Jenny and I walked up, better than coffee for waking up. The others caught the bus. Not much of a sunrise so it didn´t matter that we couldn´t get to the Sungate. Hazel meet Big Willy on the bus - the guide (see program). We later meet him just after 9am for a very imformative tour. But first some decided to scale Wayna Picchu. This gave a very impressive view of the ruins and some exposure. The group split again with some going down to the Temple of the Moon and struggling to get back on time for the tour. My legs definately did not thank me for this. I think there were a few people who were feeling it today but everyone is handling things very well. The short Inca Trail people managed to get up Winna Wayna yesterday ' great that they were able to get there. A supreme effort for some of those involved. Anyway back to today. In the meantime Andrew and Owen had made it over the slip to the sungate. The tour was really informative - certainly helps one perspective of the place. More on this when we get back. Lunch and then check out the Inca drawbridge - an amazing piece of engineering. Alo showed the original route into the place which was extremely exposed. Not for the faint hearted. Then back to AC by bus or foot. Time to evacuate the excuse for a hostel we had been staying in, some food and the train back to Ollantaytambo. We then managed to loose three people meeting the bus but eventually made it back to Cusco. I´ve finally figured out how to load some pix - I hope you enjoy them. Takes forever to download them so only a sample....
Our guide - everything under control (apologies for the blurry photo)
Pisac ruins
Locals - Ollantaytambo
The vista
Machu Picchu from Wayna Picchu
First up hope everyone has a good Easter - Cusco is humming tonight as it is Thursday and tomorrow is Good Friday.
Up early to see beat the rush at Machu Picchu. Jenny and I walked up, better than coffee for waking up. The others caught the bus. Not much of a sunrise so it didn´t matter that we couldn´t get to the Sungate. Hazel meet Big Willy on the bus - the guide (see program). We later meet him just after 9am for a very imformative tour. But first some decided to scale Wayna Picchu. This gave a very impressive view of the ruins and some exposure. The group split again with some going down to the Temple of the Moon and struggling to get back on time for the tour. My legs definately did not thank me for this. I think there were a few people who were feeling it today but everyone is handling things very well. The short Inca Trail people managed to get up Winna Wayna yesterday ' great that they were able to get there. A supreme effort for some of those involved. Anyway back to today. In the meantime Andrew and Owen had made it over the slip to the sungate. The tour was really informative - certainly helps one perspective of the place. More on this when we get back. Lunch and then check out the Inca drawbridge - an amazing piece of engineering. Alo showed the original route into the place which was extremely exposed. Not for the faint hearted. Then back to AC by bus or foot. Time to evacuate the excuse for a hostel we had been staying in, some food and the train back to Ollantaytambo. We then managed to loose three people meeting the bus but eventually made it back to Cusco. I´ve finally figured out how to load some pix - I hope you enjoy them. Takes forever to download them so only a sample....
Our guide - everything under control (apologies for the blurry photo)
Pisac ruins
Locals - Ollantaytambo
The vista
Machu Picchu from Wayna Picchu
# posted by Greg @ 3:35 PM 
