Departure very early ... train at 5:10, but you need to be there half an hour before to check-in ...
after an hour and a half train and a bustrip up the mountain ... these are the first glimps ...
what a scenery ...
pass the entrance of the site ... up some stairs ... and then ... here is to prouve that I was there ...
without me the scenery is better ...
... the famous rock behind is the Huayna Picchu ... with also constuctions ...
It was to high for me ... so I stayed on Machu Picchu...
the real entrance of the Inca-time ...
and from here you can see the different parts of the city around the central plain ...
... but first the temple of the sun ... not accesable for the momet cause of restauration ... but very close nevertheless ...
below the temple is a cave for the royal mummies ...
... went back up following a little series of fountains (purification) ...
passed by the home of the inca ...
Inca is the head of the people - the emperor, so there where in the whole of this civilasation only 13 inca's ...
up to the main temple area ... with the main-temple ...
the temple of the 3 windows ...
and a little room where, they tink, the mummies were prepared ...
nearly on the top there is a roc ... and you have to compare the upper-line of this rock with the surrounding mountains ... did they do this or is it natural hasard ...
and on the top there is the temple with the calender-stone Intihuatana ..
the shadow was used to determine the different periods of the year ...
down to the main sacred plaza ...
with some lama's ... imported from the Altiplano from Puno ... as the gras is sweeter here they had problems with their teeth ... with even some death-cases ...
up to the temple of the sacred rock ...
... to other part of the ruins ... temple of the moon ...
temple of the condor ...
( i don't see a condor in the stone) ... used for sacrifices ... the blood went down into the ground ...
... a little shock when I saw a movement nearby ...
I took a rest and as I had some time left ... went to see the Inca-bridge ... 20 min via little roads with very deep valleys beside it ...
the bridge seems to be some wood layed between two walls of brick ... spectaculare, but I thought it would be a hanging bridge ...
Back to the ruins and then way down on foot ...
and after an hour the bridge over Rio Urambamba
... a wild river ...
up to Agua Calientes: the village where the train stops in the middle of the streets ...
Went for a lunch at Indio Feliz
... WOW!
40 sol for ... melon ...
salmon trout with mango, vedgetables and delicious chips
and orange-cake ...
When I left I said to the lady of the house that even in Europe it was very seldom that I ate so well ...
... and then back to the train ...
I played a ridiculous card-game with 3 austrians guys and a portugese lady ... it was called 'kühe-handler' which mean cow-trader ... i have to try to get this game ...
Just enough time to take a shower and to bed ... wonderful day !!!
