UUHOLO blog: Macchu Piccu

Ok so the Inca trail we have done was not part of the ¨commercial Inca Trail¨, but part of the historical Inca trail. The whole Inca Jungle Trail was not bad, but 1st day on bike was on dusty road on creepy bikes, 2nd day was quite nice walk (partially on Inca trail) with thermal pools at the end, and 3rd day was firstly in taxi (we have turned down the option to walk for 4 hours on dusty road and negotiated the price for taxi to 10/.S instead of 20 they´ve asked for) and then 3 hrs or so on the train rails to get to the village Aqua Calientes.

After we arrived there we have found out how ¨clever¨ are locals in getting more and more money of turists. Whatever you buy in the village (from food or meals, to the hotel stay), you have to pay 10% extra tax to the village (or city), if you want to take bus in the morning to the Maccu Piccu (15min ride or 1.5hr walk) you should pay US$7 one way. So we have walked up the Potukusi hill with the view of the Machu Piccu. Nice walk.

Following day we woke up at 4am and about half past we started walking up to the Machu Piccu. It was going quite well and just a moment after 5:30 we were up next to the gate, around 20th in the row. At about 6am the gate was opened, we got in, booked the trip up to the Waynapiccu hill for 11am and started the tour. We spend on Machu Piccu the whole day, and we left around 4pm to get down to the willage just in time to buy some food and souvenirs and get the overpriced train and then bus back to Cusco, where we have arrived in late nigth.

In Cusco we have left some money to the lady in the hostel agency to organize flight tickets for us to fly next morning to Lima, so we were hoping to find them there. Yes we have found tickets there and also the bill. With the provision to the lady we got around $6 cash back ?!? Oh yes this is Cusco. But anyway early next morning we left Cusco on the plane to Lima.

Takze ten Inka trail co jsme sli nebyla cast ¨comercne chozeneho Inka Trailu¨, ale cast historickeho inka trailu. Obecne cely Inka Jungle Trail nebyl vylozene spatny, ale prvni den byl po prasne ceste na kolech v katastrofalnim stavu, druhy den docela hazka cesta (castecne po Inka trailu) ukoncena termalnim koupalistem, no a treti den (pote co jsme odmitli slapat 4 hodiny po prasne ceste a usmlouvali taxi na 10/.S na osobu namisto 20 ktere chteli) a pak cca 3hodiny po kolejich az do vesnice Aqua Calientes.

Jakmile jsme tam dosli, zjistili jsme jak ¨vynalezavi¨ jsou mistni v metodach jak dostat z turistu vice penez. Cokoliv si ve vesnici koupite, od jidla pres ubytovani az po suvenyry, musite zaplatit navic 10% dan vesnici (nebo mestu), pokud chcete jet na Machu Piccu autobusem, zaplatite US$7 za jednu cestu. Takze jsme se rozhodli se rano nahoru projit a jeste pred vecerem jsme si vysli na kopec Potukusi na vyhlidku na Machu Piccu. Hezka vychazka.

Dalsi den jsme vstavali ve 4 rano a pul hodiny nato uz jsme byli na ceste nahoru na Machu Piccu. Slo to kupodivu docela dobre a chvili po 5:30 jsme uz byli nahore u vstupu, priblizne 20ti v rade. V 6 rano se vstup otevrel, my jsme se dostali dovnitr, zamluvili si turu na kopec Waynapiccu na 11am a zacali turu. Na Machu Piccu jsme stravili cely dena dolu jsme sli az ve 4 odpoledne, prave tak si koupit neco na jidlo a nejake suvenyry pred odjezdem predrazeneho vlaku a busu do Cusca, kam jsme dojeli az pozde v noci.

V Cuscu jsme nechali nejake penize pani v hostelove agenture, aby nam zaridila letenky do Limy na dalsi rano, tak jsme doufali ze je tam najdeme. Listky tam byly a ucet taky. Celkem vcetne provize pro agenturu jsme dostali zpatky asi $6 ?!? No to je proste Cusco. Kazdopadne, druhy den rano jsme odleteli do Limy.