ausangate

Tuesday it was time to get down to work. Heading to the mountains! (Specifically Ausangate, a mountain in the Vilcanota range in the Andes)

 Home for the next few days

machu picchu!

Mapi: found! (Coincidentally visited on the day Hiram Bingham discovered it in 1911)

I spent the night in Ollanta with fellow Rustic guides before catching a 6am train for Aguas Caliente, which is the last town before Machu Picchu. Bright and early on Peru Rail:

And, here is Mapi itself!:

The hike up begins here:

Me after the hike

So remote! Also, the Incans really nailed their astronomy accuracy.