Hot Springs (Aguas Calientes)

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Vom 25.-28.5.2012 sind wir den Inkatrail gegangen. Angemeldet haben wir uns hierfuer schon im Dezember, da diese 4-taegige Wanderung ziemlich populaer ist und am Tag nur eine begrenzte Anzahl von Touristen in den Nationalpark hinein duerfen.
Am 1. Tag wird man vom Hostel um 5 Uhr in der Frueh abgeholt. Naja, hier in Suedamerika nehmen sie das …

... had water washing on them for so long that they're just perfectly smooth and beautiful.   Then... finally... we arrived in Aguas Calientes... also known as Machu Picchu town...  No camping for us that night, we went straight to a nice ...

... had water washing on them for so long that they're just perfectly smooth and beautiful.   Then... finally... we arrived in Aguas Calientes... also known as Machu Picchu town...  No camping for us that night, we went straight to a nice ...

... place and more or less fell straight to sleep, we woke for lunch, and decided to have another quick nap before walking to the hot springs, unfortunately we didn’t wake back up again until almost tea time, we had a quick walk around the town, and ...

Took the train here.  Hooray for fresh ceviche!  Went to the natural hot springs up the hill from our ...

... been invited.   Day four was a dull walk along the road to the train halt and then a walk along the rail track to Aguas Calientes.  I can't describe it any more clearly as I didn't do it!  Given the option, we decided to give my ribs and ...

... M Pichu, before walking all the way down again. Stupidly, I had left some of my wet clothes at the hotel, which was back at Aguas Calientes, so instead of walking across the railway line back to my bike, I had to first walk 20 mins back into town to ...

... group to make sure I was ok. After 10-hours of hiking (talk about burning calories), we made it to St Teresa. Our reward – hot springs and beers! The hot springs were amazing and much needed after the longest day of my life. We headed to our hostel ...

... We only had a couple days here and enjoyed the town very much, it was only really tiny though and lots of uphill walking. Oh there are also some hot springs to go to but we didn’t make it there, I think they’re pretty crowded most of the ...

... a tourist town. After dinner I had a beer with a few of the group, just 3 beers as tomorrow is the big day, waking up at 3:15 to walk up to Machu Picchu. Patrick Facts: Aguas Calientes on a altitude of 1990 meters Entrance hot springs @ Sol$ 10.00 ...

... ; there really isn’t too much to do in Aguas Calientes other than eating, sleeping and visiting the hot springs (Aguas Calientes means Hot Water) but based on some negative reviews and the revenge that Montezuma was starting to seek on Derek, we ...