?> {"id":4444,"date":"2010-12-05T02:36:59","date_gmt":"2010-12-05T07:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/?p=4444"},"modified":"2010-12-08T19:36:41","modified_gmt":"2010-12-09T00:36:41","slug":"peru-day-10-machu-picchu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/2010\/12\/peru-day-10-machu-picchu\/","title":{"rendered":"Peru Day 10 – Machu Picchu"},"content":{"rendered":"
The day that we had been waiting for finally arrived – we were heading to Machu Picchu! It was another early morning start since we had to drive about 45 minutes from our hotel in Urubamba to the train station in Ollantaytambo. Our driver picked us up at 6 am so I barely had time to grab some breakfast at the buffet, which opened at 5:30 am. It was so early that the eggs weren’t ready yet and I didn’t have time to wait around. Therefore, my only source of protein that morning was bacon. Not exactly nutritious, but I supplemented with some fruit and potatoes. Josh was running late, per usual, so I stashed some bananas in my backpack and grabbed a stack of bread for him to munch on in the car.<\/p>\n
We arrived at the station and boarded the Vistadome train that would take us to Aguas Calientes, the town below Machu Picchu. The train had pretty comfortable seats and was much more reasonably priced than the Hiram Bingham train, so we were pretty happy about that. Josh and I were both assigned window seats on opposite sides of the train, which meant that we weren’t sitting next to one another so he ended up trading with another couple to take the seat next to me. It turned out to be a good decision because we ended up being on the “good” side of the train (the left side) that had the best scenery. The other side mostly faced the mountainside. The ride was about two hours and we just spent the whole time looking at the view outside the window.<\/p>\n