On Tuesday (September 15th), we woke up 4:40am to get a jump start on Machu Picchu. After chomping down breakfast, we headed toward the bus stop to catch our ride up to the ruins. Buses start running at 5:30am and we arrived at Machu Picchu around 6:15 only to be greeted by a line of about 200 people waiting to get in. Finally, we passed through the ticket and security check points and began walking the trail to the ruins. Just from my first view of Machu Picchu, I was awestruck. If ever you have the chance to go see this wonder of the world, you need to go because words fail ever time I try to describe it.
Before it got too hot, my dad and I went for a brisk hike to the Inca Sun Gate. Very advanced in math and science, the Incas constructed this gate in which the sun would beam through these two columns directly into the temple of their city.
View of Machu Picchu from the Sun gate
I think I was an Inca in my past life.
More Inca terraces
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