This picture has been taken from a mountain we climbed the day before with Gustav (No, we did not pay for the helicopter tour...). The next day, I woke up at 4.30am to climb the Machu Picchu. There are lots of tourists who do that, because you can make it before the first bus (depending on the physical condition hehe). After that, the parc opens at 6am, and everybody starts running towards the bottom of Wayna Picchu, the mountain you see in the clouds, on the right side of the next picture... It offers a very nice view of the city of Machu Picchu. However, only the first 400 tourists get to climb it... (you need to take a ticket for later the same day).
Having been in the first to get the pass to Wayna Picchu, I went back to the actual machu picchu town, for a guided tour. Unfortunately, the "english-speaking" guide promised by the agency was not so fluent... and not very interesting as well. But the site is really interesting.
There are lots of temples, the most important of them being dedicated to the sun... Unfortunately, most of the explanations given are only legends, because the inca did not have any written language. All we know is that there were pretty good with astronomy, way better than the europeans in that time (1500s).
And the Spanish never discovered this secret city, which was revealed to the world in 1911.
This last picture is the view from Wayna Picchu. After that great time, we had not such a great time arguing with the agency to get back in time in Cuzco... They kept saying that there was no more seat available on the train we were supposed to take! But after a long discussion, we got the train, and made it in time to Cuzco. I'll be more careful when choosing a tour operator (maybe not the cheapest...).
PS : I found a 46 2/3 pair of addidas... I got ripped off, paying 45 euros for it, but did I really have a choice?
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C'est vraiment super; mais on veut une photo des nouvelles baskets!!
oui oui...
Bon, elles sont pas top, avec des belles rayures oranges (ma maman adorerait :-)
et elles sont petit peu juste. Mais elles devraient pouvoir se faire a mon pied (j'espere).
About Bolivia... I think the Swedish and French parents should not be worried... We'll probably be heading south shortly, to Puno and then Atacama Desert (Chile). And after a very short excursion to Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia, we'll head eastwards to Argentina and Paraguay.
This is (almost) our final decision).
Hi,
merci pour ces photos superbes, elles nous font largement oublier la déception de ne pas voir tes nouvelles adidas aux couleurs des années 70.
Bisous Papa
Les photos sont vraiment splendides, c'est magnifique :) Il y avait des attractions locales (genre, au hasard... sacrifices humains, tout ça ? ;) )
J'espère que tes baskets se feront rapidement, afin que tu sois à l'aise pour continuer à nous faire rêver ;)
All my grown-up life I have been dreaming of going to Machu Picchu so I am a bit envious. It looks like a fantastic place to visit. Did you experience somthing unexpected?
Something (un)expected... Loads of fat tourists having hard time to climb to the sun temple (which honestly takes 5 min from the entrance) :-)
25min to the top of Wayna Picchu instead of the supposed 1 hour (then again, it's probably the time difference with Atlanta...)
You thought there were tourists... then imagine going there the 21st of June for the sun solstice (without noticing it of course) : buses are up there from 5:30am, strange guys do yoga in front of the rising sun and Cameron Diaz was supposedly there, with me on top :) Quite an experience!
But still, walking fast allow you to overtake everybody up to the Wayna and enjoy a quiet amazing view. Wish I was there again. Manchester was somehow not that exotic!
ps : (*Little Devil inside*) from San Pedro in Chile you can go to the Salar and come back within 4 days, could be worth a try, right?
to (*little devil inside*)
That is exactly our plan... That way, we "only" miss La Paz (I'll be on Titicaca's lake tomorrow).
Boa noite!!
Linda fotos
Ca a l'air génial comme excursion !
Tes nouvelles godasses, c'est des adidas ou des addidas ? Si c'est des addidas pour 45 dollars, effectivement tu t'es un peu fait avoir... mais si c'est des vraies, ça va !
Il y a beaucoup de touristes dans ce coin ?
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