Salkantay Trek - Day 5

Today was the day we'd been waiting for! After the best sleep we'd had in days (sleeping in an actual bed, rather than camping), we woke up at 4am to start the steep climb up the 1,900 steps to Machu Picchu. The steps normally take 45min to an hour to complete, but Mike and I managed to get up the stairs in 30-35mins 💪. Seeing Machu Picchu with our own eyes was a surreal experience. We arrived at sunrise and spent four hours wandering around Machu Picchu. The whole complex was pretty quiet while we were there and we were lucky to almost have it all to ourselves until about 10am. When we were done, we walked down to Aguas Caliente for some lunch before our afternoon train back to Ollantaytambo.Читать далее