Oct. 16: We came down from Salkantay this morning (said hasta luego to Janella, Karina, Eric, Trampas and Ellen who were hiking another 3 days). We're meeting up with Trish and Nicole at Ollantaytambo - a beautiful riverside village surrounded by archeology. We're spending the night here (doing a quick load of laundry by hand since we only were alloted an 11-lb overnight bag for 5 days, lol. We'll meet with our guide at the train station at 5:15 AM tomorrow to do the Short Inca trail to Machu Picchu. You can't drive to Machu Picchu or Aguas calientes (nearest town) - you can only hike or take the train.
We'll spend a couple nights in Aguas Calientes; we have a few entries to MP in case bad weather.
Peru. is. AMAZING!
Ollantaytambo ruin (one of them, anyway. There seem to be a half dozen!)
View from one site to another one across the village.
I am amazed with your photography/descriptions of historic Peruvian people (Night photos are stellar! Prayers for weather!)
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