Aguas Calientes Hotels - Reviews and Rates

After the hard work of the previous day I was expecting my creaking body to be pretty sore, but I was pleasantly surprised to rise from the tent relatively easily. The fog of the previous evening had cleared and the views of the mountains were stunning.

After a hearty breakfast it was back to the buisness of walking. Rather pleasingly it...

After a relatively decent nights sleep, we scoffed down breakfast and set off for day two of the trail which required us to use Shank's pony (for those unitiated that involves using your legs)!

This was undoubtably the most arduous day of the trail with a number of steep climbs through the Peruvian mountains. Part of the trail involved a ...

Due to the crazy travel pace, Rowena and I decided to downshift things a bit and really check out Aguas Calientes. The next day would be totally dedicated for the Machu Picchu ruins.

We scoured the neighborhood making our way outside of the tourist area (locals only area), back to the tourist area, climbed down to one of the rivers and c...

Awoke to gorgeous sunshine once again, another beautiful day in Aguas Calientes.
Our train leaves at 1.30 so we had a few hours to mill around and have a good breakfast. We are not going to be able to spend much time on our return to Cusco unfortunately because we are worried about blockades and strikes outside Cusco. We want to get on a bus ...

we rise at 4.30 for our cheaper(?????) train ticket up through the narow valley..yes it costs more than any ticket in england.... and already i am peaved that we are being told..its the only way to see these ruins.... then we have to fork out another rip off bus ticket... which i can only say , should mean that the road is built of gold, how man...

YEAH!!! We went to Macchu Picchu and it is breathtaking. We hiked up from Aguas Calientes in the morning, spent the whole day wandering around the ruins and being awe-struck. Then we hiked higher to Wayna Picchu. I thought Macchu Picchu was enormous, but then you hike up to Wayna Picchu, and it looks, well....just tiny. Only 400 people are allow...

Salcantay Trek jour 4 Nous sommes présentement dans le train entre le point d'arrêt du trek et Aguas Caliente. C'est la fin de la partie sportive du Trek. Nous avons aperçu pour la première fois Machu Picchu... Magifique. Les Incas avaient installer des points de relais sur un réseau routier très élaborer pour de jeunes hommes sprinter qui courr...

Salkantay There is no question as to whether you will go to Machu Picchu. The question is how. We deliberated for some time and decided that the best bet was the Salkantay trail, ending in Aguas Calientes. Although all the agencies sell 'alternative hikes' to MP, only the Inca Trial actually goes to the ruins, all others end in the access town o...

As an aside.... For those of you who felt that my 5 travelpod entries and 200 photos weren't enough to quench your thirst for all things Ghana, then take a look at this cool video: http://web.mac.com/sashadunlop/Ghana One of the volunteers, Sasha, created this 26 minute video from various pieces of footage she took while we were in Sega. If you ...

Machupicchu was amazing and the weather couldn't have been any better, not a cloud in the sky. We went for sunrise and had a two hour guided tour. Then we had a snack and did a little exploring of our own, I didn't realize how big it was. We walked around the back side of the mountain and went over to the Inca Bridge which was this path carved o...