After a solid 8+ hours of sleep, we climbed out of bed and set out to prepare Diego at the bus stop which would take us back up the mountain. There were no complaints here about transport as it would be a solid two hour hike straight up before we began to climb around the ruins. As we were packing up our stuff, I joked around that I thought I heard it rainingover the babbling brook. Turns out I was right because when we looked outside the window it was pouring.
As we ran through the rain drops to meet Diego, we grabbed a pair of ponchos to wear over our rain coats/packs. Thankfully our guide had gotten there early because by 0500 there was already quite a line going because the firstbusleaves at 0530 and the park opens at 0600.
As there did not seem to be any break in the weather we headed into the park for our tour.
The mist/clouds did give everything a cool look.
Once we had covered alone sited Diego bid us goodbye, gave us out train tickets for later that afternoon and turned us loose. Todd and I decided to grab some coffee and wait out the rain; no sense in getting totally soaked. After about an hour and a half things were down to a dull mist so we headed back in to take some pictures and explore.
For the first bit all we could see was fog, but soon enough the winds changed and we could see more than 20 feet in front of us. The architecture is incredible. None of the stones are held together with cement. Instead they are carved by hand to fit inside one another. If there was a rock in the way, it would be incorporated into the structure.
After grabbing some lunch we decided to hike up the trail to the sun gate. In all the excitement of yesterday we forgot to take some pictures and as we had a couple hours before our train we had some time to kill. Once we got to the top, we met a lady my grandmother's age who was completing the same hike we did yesterday. (Memere you still have a few more adventures in you)
As we got to chatting about the awe inspiring ruins of Machu Pichu, Todd had mentioned there might not be the same hype had the ruins not been found in such a remote and beautiful part of the world. Would people flock to the ruins in the same droves if they were outside some more of a mainstream city? My guess is no, but we will never know.
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