Machupicchu

Brilliant, awe-inspiring, breath-taking, finger-licking, mind-blowing, body-popping Inca fun. All very impressive. After the horrible touristville endured the previous night, I feared that Machupicchu might have succombed to the same fate. But all was good and was what it was cracked up to be.

This place was abandoned about 500 years ago, but re-discovered by a fella from Yale in 1917 (ish? not so good with the facts). Since then he nicked all the artifacts and the Peruvians are still waiting politely for some of them back. "Finders fee" indeed.

After our tour guide for the day didn´t turn up, we still managed to get in before the majority of the tourists arrived (it takes about 4000 a day), and managed to get in on another tour as well, so all was good.

The big mountain thats next to all the buildings is call Waynupicchu, and it doesn´t look that impressive on all the classic shots that most people see - it seems the perspective is all wrong or something. This things is huge and towers over the majority of the site - so naturally it had to be climbed. It takes about an hour to climb and both your calfs snap from the thousands of sheer steps, but it is well worth it. The view makes Machupicchu look tiny and rubbish. Definately the best part of the day. Lots of people who come don´t bother climbing it. They are all fools.

The view from Waynupicchu. All the grey crap on the picture is the walls and buildings of Machupicchu.

Very Che Guevara.

All in all the trek was spot on, but to finish on the last day with a trip to such a culturally superb place such as this, was awesome in the true sense of the word. It was so good even Mr and Mrs Jonny Loud-mouth and Sandra Talk-a-lot from Speaksville, Texas didn´t manage to ruin it. Bless them.