This is it!!!- Day 5 of the Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu

Today is the day! We leave for the bus at 7am. It's overcast when we start out, but after the 30 minute bus ride to Machu Picchu the rain starts. Sabino is there to guide us through the place. He must not of gotten much sleep last night because he is kind of crabby today and his English is a lot worse than when we started out. Oh well. Just being here is pretty darn impressive! Most of the structures could still be used as buildings today...even though they are thousands of years old! I'm trying really hard to listen to all the history and facts, but it just doesn't stick very well :) One thing I remember...When natural disasters struck, the Incas would sacrifice a human to ask for forgiveness from Mother Earth. Typically the sacrifices were young women. Phew! Good thing I wasn't an Inca back then ;) Anyway, after about 3 hours our tour is complete. We say good bye to Sabino and spend a little more time wandering around before taking the bus back to Aguas Calientes.

Back in AC we have the rest of the afternoon to hang out and wait for the train to take us back to Cusco.  Here are some pics I took....

The pop bottle Christmas tree. Got a few shots of them working on it today...never saw the finished product though :)

Funny to read the Spanish words translated to English....

My Incan boyfriend haha