Machu Picchu

Not sure how to describe Machu Picchu, incredible springs to mind. the terrible thing was we were all exhausted, anthea had come to meet us there but she had no energy either cos she was getting over an illness. It was incredibly hot there that day so we did everything we could to find shade. Anthea and were sharing an umbrella, i was walking around barefeet because my boots were too hot. We had a 2 hour tour with our guide where he showed us different temples, water fountains, and learnt about how machu picchu was discovered then we had 4 hours to wander and explore. I didn`t realise how big the ruins were and we were literally dragging ourselves around it looking for shade and places to sit. Anthea acted as our tour guide as she knows all about the incas and has a book on Cusco.
We went to the restaurant for lunch where we had the most overpriced food ever and spent all the cash we had. Then we found a nice shady spot in the ruins to have a nap. It felt a bit strange napping in Machu Picchu but we just couldn`t bring ourselves to do much else. We stayed there for about 20mins before we decided we had to get up, muster all the energy we could and go see the ruins because when would we be back here??
We moved at a very slow pace, but we managed to get around most of it. Katrina was the only one who walked up Waynapicchu mountain, that overlooks Machu Picchu, i would have liked to but i was struggling to walk 10steps without getting out of breath.
I loved that you could walk into a room and there would be a Llama happily grazing away, and then it might look at you and then wander off up some stairs. So bizarre but very cool. I also loved the mountains surounding MP too, they were soo massive and just incredible. I feel like i need to expand my vocab for situations like this cos i`m struggling to find the right words. Eventually we headed to the bus, mainly because we were all dying of thirst and couldn`t afford to pay 13soles for a bottle of water which would usually cost 2. We got to the town of Agua Calientes, which translates to hot water in english where we got water and then headed to the train station. The train back to Cusco took 3 hours, we sat in super upright seats with no leg room and it was very stuffy so I couldn`t get to sleep. I ended up talking to Nat the whole way back and i don`t recall what we talked up but i was constantly in hysterics, she`s a funny girl but i think it was also due to my lack of sleep making me delirious. Either way it was fun.

We got back to Cusco at 9, went to our usual restaurant for tea and once we had eaten we were so exhausted. When you are at altitude you get tired after eating cos all the blood goes to your stomach apparently. So we just went straight home to bed and we were super excited about the fact that we were able to sleep in for the first time in over 2 weeks.