Machu Picchu

Early morning number 10,000! Thai morning we woke up and hopped in our shuttle with Felix for a short ride to the train station in Ollantaytambo to catch our PeruRail train to Aguas Calientes, the small village at the base of the mountain upon which Machu Picchu sits. The only way to access Macchi Picchu is by train or on foot via the Inca Trail. Once in Aguas Calientes, we hopped on a bus up the windy road to Machu Picchu. We spent the next few hours listening to Felix retell the story of the discovery of the city by Hiram Bingham in 1912 while tromping all over the site. After a less than satisfying buffet lunch at the Sanctuary Lodge, we headed to the Inka Terra where we would spend the evening in the jungle. Trey and I relaxed our muscles in the hot springs at the hotel while my mom and dad tried to recover from the hiking and biking of the past few days with a nap.