The day! It was the day we were to finally reach our destination! This morning, we all woke up and had breakfast together and made our way to the first control stop. The control point opened at 5:30, so we waited there starting at 4:45am. Snoopy and I relaxed on our packs, next to the rest of our group. I was so excited to finally see it, the city in the clouds!
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| The first peek at the mountains through the brush. The sun would come up around 5:00am, so we could see the mountain tops |
After passed our checkpoint and got our stamp of approval, it was like a mad dash! We had about 1 hour gradual climb to the sun gate, then we had 1 hour downhill to the city. I hate the climb, and was crying to Snoopy "No more up!" - the guide just laughed now. It was almost done!
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| We reached the sun gate after about an hour, but we couldn't see the views of Machu Picchu because of the mist and clouds. We waited a while in hopes that the sun would break up the mist, but we didn't get our first glimpse here. |
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| That is our group there, waiting on the terrace for the mist to break up. Everyone wanted to see beyond the clouds at the lost city. |
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| Snoopy took pictures of the sun gate while we waited. |
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| We started moving after a while so we could get to Machu Picchu before the bus loads of tourists. When we reached Intipata, a ruin along the way, the clouds started breaking up and we could see the mountains again! |
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| who is that?!?! |
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| expert on the Inca stones right there. |
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| AND THEN WE SAW IT!! |
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| The clouds started rolling away, and we could see it! The city started emerging from the clouds! |
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| everyone in our group was thrilled! (the bald guy was not in our group!) |
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| Snoopy took one hell of a picture! Kudos! |
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| around the city. |
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| before the big crowds! |
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| I wonder who lobbied for this picture? |
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| A llama was perched on each terrace. It was pretty amusing |
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| Where sacrifices were made! |
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| Llama on parade |
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