Today we got up at 5:00, had breakfast early at our hotel in Ollantaytambo and after our tour guide arrived we literally made a run for our train to our Inca Trail starting point, but we made it, found our seats as the train started moving and we were off!
We were accompanied, educated, entertained, and aided in our seven hours of hiking by Miguel and Russell, our guides. We climbed slowly out of the valley and were surrounded by steep-sloped mountains. The sun was hot when we were in it, but we went in and out of forest cover, and we passed several impressive Incan archeological sites along the way, where we rested and learned some stuff. It was a difficult hike, and we climbed sooooo many stairs!! I wish I could post a picture of some of these hundreds and hundreds of steep stone steps that we climbed, but it pretty much took all I had just to get up them, and it didn't occur to me to take photos, though I imagine some of the students did. All in all, it was amazing, and when we reached Inti Punku, the sun gate, we had a view of Machu Picchu below us. We rested there for a while, enjoyed the incredible view, and took some photos. We're in the tiny town of Aguascalientes for the night, and will do our official visit to Machu Picchu tomorrow morning.
Hasta mañana!
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