On Tuesday, we drove to Ollantaytambo, or the Sacred Valley of the Incas. This is where we stayed for two nights. There are huge Incan ruins here as well, built into the hill. It was very impressive and quite the climb.
The hotel we stayed at was very nice. It had a cute courtyard with well-kept plants. The entire town was very quaint, and I believe it was my favorite location of the entire trip. It was surrounded by mountains, and had little water canals that ran throughout the entire city. We enjoyed the most delicious hot chocolate I have ever had there. All the local people were welcoming and very laid back.
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| Incan Ollantaytambo Ruins |
Yesterday, we took the train to Macchu Picchu. The train ride was about 1 1\2 hours from Ollantytambo. Then we rode a bus up to the top of the ruins. We hiked a long time all over the mountains there. There were tons and tons of steps. It was absolutely exhausting. The weather was picture perfect, though. We got to the ruins around 8am, and we wandered around until about 3pm. Once we were all ready to leave we hiked back down to the bottom instead of taking the bus back down. That took about an hour and our thighs, knees, and ankles were killing us. I got about 10,000 more bug bites there which was disappointing. Other than that we are going back to Cusco today and tomorrow to hang out. Soon I will be back in the states!
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| Macchu Picchu |
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