This morning we caught the train from Ollantaytambo to Aquas Calientes the town at the base of Machu Picchu. The train followed the Urubamba River through the Sacred Valley of the Inca. The terrain and vegetation changed dramatically as we moved lower. Aquas Calientes is at an elevation of 6700 ft and the fauna is high jungle.
Aquas Calientes doesn’t have any cars and is pretty much all hotels and restaurants. We bought our bus tickets and entry tickets for Machu Picchu tomorrow. Then we went for a walk down the road and train tracks that we will take tomorrow. The canyon and jungle are beautiful.
When we got back from our walk we shared beer and fries overlooking the river. The river is a lot lower here because they have taken a lot of the water out to use in a hydroelectric plant down stream.
This afternoon we checked out an exhibit of 1911 and 2014 pictures of Machu Picchu. Very interesting.
As we were walking to dinner we saw lots of princesses and Spider men. It seems that Halloween is celebrates here too!
I think I’ll end with this sign we saw today. I guess we will have to keep our clothes on tomorrow!
We had a wonderful dinner in Aquas Calientes at the restaurant El Albergue.
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