Aguas Calientes, Peru

el valle sagrado, machu picchu, y viento (jueves, 16 septiembre)

Yesterday I woke up early to go on my tour of the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu. I was feeling a lot better at that point and was determined to not miss out on something I´d been planning and looking forward to for such a long time. The Sacred Valley was beautiful. I went with a small tour...

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Sara Florecita on September 16, 2010 from Aguas Calientes, Peru

from the travel blog: año de dos inviernos (Chile 2010)

Machu Picchu!

The 4th day of our trek had us traveling by bus to a hot Spring in Santa Teresa and swimming there for a few hours, we then made our way to the town of Aguas Calientes which serves basically as a tourist gateway to Machu Picchu. There really wasn't much trekking on that day, but that was fine...

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bhkann on August 12, 2010 from Aguas Calientes, Peru

from the travel blog: Peru 2010

Salkantay - Day 3: Jungle walking

We woke up sore, cold, and filthy on the third day of our trek. Today would be a relatively easy day with 6 hours of hiking through up and down terrain on a horsepath. We were now firmly in the tropical forest, which means the conditions become hot, muggy, and mosquito infested. It is...

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bhkann on August 10, 2010 from Aguas Calientes, Peru

from the travel blog: Peru 2010

Words can't even begin to explain-

Three Words... Best Birthday Ever.

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Kennyboy12 on July 12, 2010 from Aguas Calientes, Peru

from the travel blog: 2010 - Peru - Lima y Cuzco

Aguas Calientes

So 5:00am I was called by the front desk as requested. I had all my things packed for my one night in Aguas Calientes and I was out the door with my taxi by 5:30am(when he showed up as requested) It was about a 25 min ride to Poroy train station. It was bloody cold as hell this morning so...

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Kennyboy12 on July 11, 2010 from Aguas Calientes, Peru

from the travel blog: 2010 - Peru - Lima y Cuzco

La Ciudad Encontrada

Tren de la compañía PeruRail ida/vuelta Ollantaytambo – Aguas Calientes: 48€ (el más barato a las peores horas) Autobús ida/vuelta Aguas Calientes – Ciudadela Arquelógica Machu Picchu: 11€ (también se puede caminar) Entrada al sitio arqueológico de Machu Picchu: 35€ Ver Machu Picchu,...

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Paso a Paso on April 30, 2010 from Aguas Calientes, Peru

from the travel blog: PASO A PASO

Location, Location, Location

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The Happy Couple on November 9, 2009 from Aguas Calientes, Peru

from the travel blog: Michael's Round-the-World honeymoon

Location, Location, Location

We had to get up at 5am to catch the train we had booked to '''Aguas Calientes''' ('''Machu Picchu Pueblo'''). There was one train before and others after ours, but we had booked the “backpacker” train, which was the cheapest option at US$50 ''each way''. Now considering you can travel the...

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The Happy Couple on November 9, 2009 from Aguas Calientes, Peru

from the travel blog: Michael's Round-the-World honeymoon

The End

How could I end the blog without one last final tribute to Matt Harding? I still haven't quite got his moves right. The man's a dancing genius, I tell you.

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The Happy Couple on November 8, 2009 from Aguas Calientes, Peru

from the travel blog: Michael's Round-the-World honeymoon

Inca Trail - Day Four

Machu Picchu revealed! We wake up at an early 3:30 in the morning basically to save our place in line. A quick breakfast and packing with our headlamps then we head down the trail about a kilometer before we reach the checkpoint. By the time the gate opens there are several hundred...

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paco on October 28, 2009 from Aguas Calientes, Peru

from the travel blog: High-Altitude Peru

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