• Machu Picchu in the Sun

    May 9 in Peru ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F

    Finally after weeks of wrangling travel plans and the last minute dash to get tickets we arrived at Machu Picchu! We took the bus up the winding road, met our guide and made our way through the various checkpoints and somehow did land on the popular circuit 2A.

    We had a lovely sunny day with few clouds so weather-wise we were fortunate. But unfortunately as Melissa started up the steps in the heat she became dizzy and lightheaded making the visit something to endure. We think a bout with tummy issues earlier resulted in not enough food for breakfast and the hot day compounded it 😔 The guide was great though allowing us to take our time and found Melissa bits of shade. And tomorrow we get to go in again on the circuit 3A so another chance, yeah!
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