Machu Picchu is 4 hours from Cusco via a
very comfortable train that winds its way slowly, slowly, through the
countryside.
This is one of those sites that are
known in magazines and TV specials around the world. You've all seen it. But,
like Monument Valley, having some inevitable expectations when you arrive
doesn't diminish the feeling of astonished wonder when you get there. The
Eiffel Tower, the Coliseum in Rome, other places I've been, I've kind of said to
myself, yeah, here it is in person. Cool, but it would have been better to keep
the surprise. Here, the reality surpasses any iconic ideas laid down by
media-saturation.
Ya gotta go.
So here are some pictures anyway.
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| Machu Picchu Village: time to switch to the bus |
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| The hill next door |
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| Arriving |
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| The Southbound Inca Trail, where they would just destroy the bridge behind them if pursued |
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| Bromelaids everywhere |
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| The Temple of the Moon, if I remember correctly... |
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| Just imagine that covered in crops |
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