The post-card shot
Well, Dear Reader, every trip has at least one tough day, and today was it on this one. Things started off very well as today was an unchaperoned day at Machu Picchu. The Lady, TBJ and your Blogger headed out for a hike, originally planning to take the relatively easy trail to the Sun Gate, but making a game time decision to hike up to the top of Machu Picchu Mountain. As it turned out, this was a bit ridiculous. The trail to the top of the mountain would have been challenging on its own, but with the added weight of TBJ in a backpack it became excruciating. We made it about 2/3 of the way up until we got to a little clearing and realized that we had just made it to the hard part, then headed back down. Even that, though, as a good 2 hour hike, so we were feeling pretty good about ourselves. Since we had already checked out, we had a few hours to kill before catching the Hiram Bingham train back to Rio Sagrado, and from there a van ride to Cusco. We spent a nice few hours hanging out in Sanctuary Lodge’s botanical garden watching TBJ play in one of the absurd number of fountains in Peru, as well as a few hours in the bar attending to miscellaneous matters including jotting down this journal for your benefit, Dear Reader. (more…)
About Our Trip... 