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An obvious site to see if you are going to Peru is Machu Picchu. I decided to end my trip with this UNESCO world heritage site as I thought it would be a nice way to wrap everything up. However, if I could go back, I think I would’ve done just the opposite.

I had finished Rainbow Mountain on Saturday, and that really took the life out of me. I was already going into that hike haphazardly due to altitude sickness, but my time was limited and I love to push myself in any way, shape, or form. Sunday morning, I left Cusco to take a tour (which is basically required in order to go to Machu Picchu). I learned about the different types of potatoes and corn grown based on the vegetation and it was actually pretty interesting to finally learn a little bit about the culture and history of the country I was in. Also, I love food so I’m always interested in the history of it.

Pisac, Peru

After the tour, they send you on a train to get to where you are staying near Machu Picchu (all of this is included in the tour price, which was around $150). I got to my hostel, stepped out for some food, and got a good night’s sleep. I woke up at 6am in order to catch the first bus up to Machu Picchu.

Machu Picchu, 8am
Vegetation steps at Machu Picchu
Taking it all in

It is otherworldly and breathtaking. There’s not really a way to describe it. It looks like the postcards, but greener, and just… better. It is one of the few times in my life I’ve been left speechless. I took it all in, but my brain was so fried, and I was so tired, that I didn’t stay as long as I would have liked because my level of physical exhaustion had really hit its peak. I stayed for about three hours and headed back to sleep for about twenty.

These girls from South Korea had an adorable stuffed llama that they took pictures in front of everything!

My advice to anyone wanting to go to Machu Picchu: either make it your top priority, a few days AFTER you get over the altitude sickness, or if you are saving it for last, don’t go into it haphazardly like I did. I am still so grateful to have seen it, and I still feel like I had a good experience, but I would’ve liked to stay all day as it is a HUGE place with tons more to see that I’m certain I missed.


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