Cusco and the Sacred Valley

I stayed in Cuzco for one quick night, the headed out on a whim with far too little clothing for Machu Picchu. One night was an ordeal, staying in Ollantaytambo, but I found a group of 9 Brazilian guys, and we all banded together (they were two groups of 5 and 4), and saw the amazing ruins there. We were trying to make it to Aguas Calientes, the town right by Machu Picchu, that night, but the transport is purposefully difficult unless you want to bank out.

The next day we commissioned a driver to take us, Rosario, all the way there, the 6 hours bumpy, windy mountain drive. We staayed in Aguas CAlientes, the most overpriced, foul city in Peru.
The next morning we marched up the hundreds of steps for an hour to get up to the city, and were in of the first 400 to get there, so we could climb wayana picchu, the mountain overlooking M.P. That took another hour of climbing, then an hour back tdown and to a cave and more ruins (not MP), then another hour to MP, and finaly after four hours of climbing and hiking we could explore the mystical ´lost ´ city. It was beyond all expectations, and awe inspiring.

They import llamas for asthetic value. They werent there when we first arrived, but later in the afternoon, there were about a dozen llamas. Hilarious...

Now I am in Cusco again, saw some more ruins, cool places, and am off to Lima on the 24 hour bus...YAY! haha what a long trip. Oh well...