I arrived in Cusco after long bus journey and checked in at Loki hostel. The same chain of hostels as the hostel in La Paz. It was nice enough and packed with travellers, including alot of Irish. It was open mic night when I arrived and a girl from Texas sung a song which was amazing and made the whole bar fall silent, which is impressive! The Irish lads also got up and sung an Irish jig which was so sterotypical and funny.
The next day I went for a wander round cusco square which is stunning, lots of old cathedrals and a jesus statue on top of the hill over looks the town. I had a pizza and broswed the shops before heading back to the hostel and sorting out some laundry.
The following day i did the sacred valley tour which was good, chatted to an aussie couple and saw some ruins in the mountains. They dropped me off at Ollantaytambo, a little market town where I caught a steam train to Agus Caliente. I arrived late and went straight to bed.
I woke up at 4am and walked to the bus station with some aussie girls and an american couple and caught the bus to Macchu Picchu. We were in the first group to go into the site and trekked up a hill to the wonder. It was wonderous, I had tears in my eyes as I turned the corner and the mountain and ruins came into view. It was stunning. I then did a two hour tour where I learnt about the ruins and the Incas and then at 10am I climbed the mountain behind the ruins known as Huaynu Picchu. It was so tough. I di it with an old Aussie guy whose wife stayed at the bottom and looked after our bags. he took a kite with him to fly at the top that his friends had taken there 25 years earlier. It was such a tough climb but the view from the top was astounding. We had to crawl through a small tunnel in the mountain to get to the steps to the very peak and it was so cool. I then realised Id forgotten my water and was insanely thirsty so I legged it back down the mountain to get my bag. I was so so exhauasted that night. I got the train back to cusco and arrived about 8pm at Loki hostel and had a shower and got some dinner. Then I met the girl from Scotland, Fiona, who I met in La Paz and we had a couple of drinks before I went to bed. The next day I departed for Iquitos.
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