lotsa llama

After a night of salsaing in Cuzco with Donny and his friend Alex, we spent yesterday in the walking around in the city. We saw a lot of local women on the streets with real llamas and the churches were very elegant. We had to buy tickets for Machu Picchu that evening for the following morning, but they were sold out and we about cried. Fortunately there were tickets to Machu Picchu for that evening leaving from a small town just an hour and thirty minutes from Cuzco. We immediately bought those tickets and headed back to the hostel to pack. We found a taxi driver to take us to Ollaytatambo where the train took us up to the town of Aguas Calientes.

Here in Aguas Calientes now, the town is surrounded by the Andes on all sides. Our hostel, although not as great as Casa de la Gringa in Cuzco, it has many windows and therefore an awesome view. Thankfully we were able to book an extra night last minute. We enjoyed some drinks last night at a local place. When we ordered a water our waiter walked across the street, bought a bottle and brought it right to our table.

We left for Machu Picchu early this morning and although the millions of tourists were very bothersome, we found an awesome room that we had all to ourselves. The views of the mountains were amazing. There were also many llamas on the ruins and we got some close pictures with them. One made a really great sound at Doreen that scared her away (I think it farted).

Heading down to Cuzco again for one more night and then off to Lima (for the day) and Santiago.

Adios!