May 18 2025
Cusco to Lima
May 17 2025
Aguas Calientes to Cusco
May 16 2025
Machu Picchu
May 15 2025 Finally made it up to Machu Picchu today. I’m going to be the person who says the unpopular opinion – this place is overhyped and pretty disappointing. Why you ask? Pictures speak 1,000 words: There, I just saved everyone the trouble of having to go there and push their way through 800 …
Santa Teresa to Aguas Calientes
May 14 2025 Made it to Aguas Calientes today. Decided to take a taxi from Santa Teresa to Hydroelectrica, and from there I hiked up the railroad tracks. Just outside of Hydroelectrica there’s a spot where you have to sign in and provide them with your passport number. I’m not sure what that’s for, but …
Santa Teresa – Day 1
May 13 2025 So today not a whole lot happened except aimless wondering. I figured out a few places that might be interesting to go, but there were apparently a bunch of landslides that happened in March, and there’s heavy road construction blocking my access to those places. So, I aimlessly wandered. Some notes about …
Ollantaytambo to Santa Teresa
May 12 2025 So I’ve made it to Santa Teresa… The bus from Ollantaytambo heading to Hydroelectrica actually stops on the side of the road outside Ollantaytambo at 8:45AM, so I woke up, got my shit together, checked out of my hotel, and made my way down there. This wasn’t some random local bus or …
Ollantaytambo – Day 3
May 11 2025 Today I went on a hike to Naupa Iglesia (Choquequilla). From what I was told it was only a 3 hour round trip hike. It’s turned out to be 5.5, including exploring the site, but it was an easy and pretty hike, so that was fine. To get there you head south …
Ollantaytambo – Day 2
May 10 2025 So I’m back in ollantaytambo. No mishaps getting here, tho the colectivos don’t go past here. If you don’t get out at the plaza they dump you at the train station at the end of town, and this ain’t a big town. My hotel is right below the archeological site I visited …
Cusco – Day 3
May 9 2025 Today was a more or less lazy around Cusco day. Tomorrow I’ll be taking a colectivo to Ollantaytambo again. I’ve booked two nights in a hotel there. So, I can potentially go see some more Incan sites in the Sacred Valley, or I can just hang out and be lazy in a …