Who would have thought I would have ever been here in Aguascaliente preparing myself to climb MachuPichu. At around 3:30am I got up did my exercises and along with Cris ate a quick breakfast ready to leave the hostel at 4:30am. We were both feeling great and spirits were high as we were about to take on one of the 7 wonders of the world. The track was pitch dark but luckily Cris had brought a small torch that gave us some light. After about a 25 minute walk we fo...

Today it begins - the long bus-collectivo- walk to the base of MachuPichu: Aguascaliente. At about 5am I was up, excited and raring to go. Our bus wasn't till 7:30am but I wanted to be early and organized specially since now it's not just myself to think of but Cris aswell. We said goodbye to Sasha a friend we had met at the Oasis and had caught up again with in Cusco. We paid Ronnie our Couchsurfing host for the room, left him with our things and agreed we would...