Inca Trail Day 4 - finally Machu Picchu
In some ways this last day was a bit of a disappointment. I spoke to the company, Llama Path, about it afterwards and was just told - this is how it is done. The day consisted of an early rise, some waiting around, a mad dash to Machu Picchu followed by a whistle stop tour and then lots more waiting around. We were woken at 3.30am. The logistics are that the chatskis need to pack everything up and then run down the mountain to catch a special train at 5.30 am to take them back to Cusco. Having had breakfast we made our way to the gate of the campsite, which does not open till 5.30. We were in a sort of tunnel with vegetation on both sides so no views, and more and more people joined us from pitches further away at the campsite. There are supposed to be permits for only around 200 tourists each day, but it seemed like there were more there. We were waiting at the gate for around an hour. When the gate opened the sun was starting to rise. I had the tripod on me but with the pressure of...