Day 7 - Part 5 Sun Gate

It started to drizzle just a bit going down and I slipped (but did not fall) a few times on the rocks. I took 45 minutes to get down and the others hurried ahead so they could do the Inca Bridge (thought by some to be a secret back entrance to Machu Picchu: Trek up to the bridge that's cleaving to a 579m (1,900 ft) cliff, and soak in amazing views of cloud forest along the way.) . Wish I had felt like it; it was only a 15 minute hike. I headed back to the bus to Aguas Calientes to meet up with the rest of the group and take a train back to Cusco.
Pictures: 1 Getting ready for Sun gate
2 Lookout on the way - lower right is MP
3 Sun Gate trail-llamas on the path
4 Trail looks very easy, doesn't it? See Sun Gate up top
5 view from sun Gate
6 Linda at the top - Machu Picchu over shoulderRead more