Machu Picchu, so happy to see you

Salkantay Trek day 5, part 1. 3:30am wake up so we can eat a quick breakfast and leave by 4:30 to walk to the entrance of Machu Picchu! It opens at 5 and we want to be the first ones in. It’s a sleepy walk but we make it in time to have the sun come up while we start the hour long uphill stairs climb to the top of the mountain. It’s about 2.5 miles and it was hard!!! We had to make it close to 6 to be the first people inside the site. Our tour guide was really nice and informative! We learned about what the different surviving buildings were for, a lot of storage of vegetables and some houses. The city was around for just over 100 years when it was abandoned because the Spanish were believed to be coming. However, the Spanish never found Machu Picchu and ended up finding the city they fled to instead :( Our guide also mentioned that bodies were found in surrounding caves and that still some of the site is buried underground.En savoir plus