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Aguas Caliente
The truth is after you’ve followed the Inca trail and spend a few days through the mountains you start to feel the absence of a good meal or a hot coffee. Aguas Caliente, this small town at the end of the rail line for Machu Picchu will come to you as a relaxation oasis. There are many places you can get good pizza and there are shops where you can buy souvenirs and local clothing. Or you can walk the streets to admire the churches and beautiful sightseeing. But the best of it, you can take a bath into open air thermal baths. Could anything else be more relaxing?
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Terraces
Machu Picchu was divided into two great halves: the urban sector and the agricultural sector. Both parts are showing amazing effort to civilize and domesticate the mountain. The terraces where used 5 centuries ago for two main purposes, to cultivate the harvest and to prevent erosion of the ground. My guide book read it would have been impossible to cherish the all inhabitants of the sacred city only on account of these terraces. Maybe they where used only to cultivate crops for ceremonial food or maybe there are things undiscovered yet. Who knows what the Inca story will look like a few years after.
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The Llamas
That was quite a surprise, seeing two of these beautiful creatures suddenly appearing behind the wall. I thought they vanished for good and disappeared like the Incas did. I suppose the llamas where brought to the citadel for touristy reasons but it’s great to see them around and imagine the Incas using them as pack animals. I was told that black llamas were used as a sacrifice in many ceremonies. If you like to see more of them leave climb the steps to the Agricultural Sector. There are plenty of them, of many colors and the sweetest of all are the little ones.
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Huayna Picchu
Once you’ve got to see the Machu Picchu take a few hours to see the ruins on Huayna Picchu (meaning “young peak”) and then to climb up to the top of it. In doing this don’t forget the usual stuff: a bottle of water, proper shoes and a moderately good shape. It is not a very hard trail but you must pay attention to some of the narrow “steps” and the ground is wrecking in a few places. After a bit of sweating and breathing we finally reached the young pick and then an unforgettable sightseeing opened to us, a panorama view to Machu Picchu!
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