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Cusco - Macchu Picchu, 6-10mar

L ax Arequipa a taxi towards the airport at 8 o'clock we are Cusco, where Carlos, ever met through CS, waiting for us at his home near the center, 35 years old and lives alone.

Cusco, capital of the Incas, and then an important center of the conquistadors, and 'Belliss ima that most' can not ': it has a square with a cathedral and two more Dick asked all three, the other sides are filled with arcades surmounted by terraces, where sipping a pisco or coffee 'is a lovely sight.

Carlos gives us tips on how to organize the trip to Macchu Picchu and how visits to the city 'and its surroundings, where there are many examples of past and archaeological sites.

visit on foot all the center, where you can not 'not to mention Qorikancha , a site famous for its temples which are the walls - now incorporated in the convent of Santo Domingo- and especially for the' huge amount 'of gold found by the Spaniards when they arrived, that covered even the well in the center of the courtyard.

Carlos

Plaza de Armas, La Catedral

Plaza de Armas, Iglesia de la Compania de Jesus

iglesia Santo Domingo and walls Qorikancha

in the museum of Qorikancha

the walls of the Incas, still perfect after 600 years ..

mica fools' sti Incas .....

courtyard with well

Then with a micro Sacsaywaman reach the remains of a fort that is located just above the city, as well as the views across the valley, we see The ruins consist of a wall built with huge boulders, and where the rich Inca tombs were buried at the top while the poor at the bottom, buried in a fetal position 'cause they believed in the rebirth of the afterlife'. We cross a tunnel, called the labyrinth is completely immersed in the dark with Apple that stands to my shirt,,,,

seen from the center of Cusco

The next day, and through El Valle Sagrado, en route to Machu Picchu, indeed, to be exact and to Aguas Calientes that 'the country more' next to the ruins, we come to the village Ollataytambo of small and immaculate, was equal to what it was 500 years ago, with side streets with pebbles, mud and stone houses, and the water flowing in channels at the center of the alleys, everything works perfectly, 'sti Inca were just phenomenal.

The time is not 'the best but, before proceeding, we visit the Inca ruins that surround this village, one of the few places where the Spaniards were defeated by the Incas, with the rain that makes us walk between the company terraces, the canals and the ruins of the temples enjoying the spectacular views over the valley below, at the end of the visit we are all wet, but happy.

superdog ..

an old game

in the streets of Ollanta

After a frugal lunch, waiting for the train to Aguas Calientes, we wait in a room taking a good cappuccino and the history of the owner, Mrs. Newhouse (...), an English lady of 76 years ago and four years' came here to open this restaurant to donate to the poor, it warms the heart.

At 16 we take the train, 2 hour drive to cover 50 km, the train 'Orient Express and then leave you to imagine both the price and service, but the most' beautiful ' landscape, all the way runs along the bottom of a valley, alongside agitation of a river, and mountains with snowy peaks all around us, we were all the time taking pictures and looking out.

km 88, the starting the inca trail, 45km in 4 days. and 3 nights, and .. 500usd

arrive in Aguas Calientes, and that 'dark, lodge here and then go to visit Machu Picchu tomorrow with the calm and all the time it deserves.

There are no cars, you can 'just get on the train, and here's one of about 20 km road leading to the entrance of the site and so' in the early morning departure for this wonder.

The guide is waiting for us and shows us everything you can ', impact and' in particular seems to be the card you've ever seen and even if there 'a lot of people you do not see your eyes only for her. After I made the visit to the "classical" we decide to return to the starting point and riammirare everything with our times, we climb to see the site from other points of view, and then we lie on the beautiful Inca terraces to the heat of the sun.

mud descansati

il bridge Incas

when so 'come the gringos have taken it all away ....

have left ... but this ..

Back at the hostel we descanso an hour and then we go to the swimming pools from which the town takes its name, we dive at a temperature of 35 degrees and relax until dinner, sleep here to make the return journey by train riammirare with light to the landscape.

the course of Aguas Calientes

Ollataytambo Once in, we take a micro first and then a bus to get to Pueblo Pisaq , another center of the Sacred Valley famous for feria artesanial and another Inca site, reachable by taxi as it is perched high in top of the mountain, and then declined to walk the 8 km separating us from the country. Accompanied by a pseudo-drive and also from the rain (but this time we are equipped with plastic ponchos) we see that other more beautiful place surrounded by greenery with a breathtaking panorama.

The 8 km pass quickly between temples, houses and waterfalls of the period, up to and that 'almost dark in the square the country where they are dismantling the stalls, we barely had time to glance at someone and buy something for ........, ride in the country and then we wait another hour bus ride to Cusco where we will spend the last night, then catch a flight to Iquitos, the Amazon is waiting for us!

the market

greasy pole

a part of the ruins

Pisaq by 'High