Right, I have just been back adding in photos to the last 6 or so posts (since arriving in Chile - go and have a look if you missed them on facebook) and suddenly realised looking back that I had forgotten to write about Maccu Picchu!! Can't think how I managed that one...
The town outside it is called Aguas Calientes and it is very beautiful although full of tourist rubbish and very expensive. Mollie my roommate and I went out for cocktails as there was not mych else to do once we arrived and she picked up a young Peruvian man who invited us, along with his colleague, to join us for drinks once they finished work at the bar we were at. We agreed and proceeded to go back and get ready. We also tried to buy dresses and giggled non-stop for 4 hours :o) We met the boys at 10.30pm and went for a few drinks. Mine did hit on me a bit but I made it clear I had a boyfreind... to be honest, that didn't seem to work and after a bit he sat closer to me and gave me a speech in Spanish about how all the world should be free to love whoever they wanted, and life was all about pleasure and living in the moment and all that stuff... and then reminded me that New Zealand is very far away... and then leaned forward, saying 'que piensas?' (what do you think?). I replied 'creo que me voy a casar con mi novio' (I think I'm going to marry my boyfriend) which may or may not be true but more importantly, had the desired effect and he backed off. He wanted to leave pretty soon after that and started to look bored so he walked me back to my hotel about 12.30am and I left Mollie to snog the face off her toy boy. She fell into bed about 3am.
Anyway, we didn't have to be up until about 7am in the end and got on the bus to Maccu Picchu about 8am. It's a gorgeous but scary ride up the side of a very steep hill/mountain.
Miccu Picchu itself was utterly breathtaking, so much more than I had imagined. It's massive and surrounded by incredible scenery. In fact, I'm just going to let the pictures speak for me:
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