Traveling: Cusco/ Machu Picchu!!

Hey guys!

About a year ago i went to Peru with my mom to get to know my family that live back at Lima. During my second week at Peru we all went to Cusco, and then by train to Machu Picchu. So anyway Cusco is pretty much a town were the Inca's used to live, but later on over the years got taken over by the Spanish. There are still buildings built by the Spanish that are up today. It's really pretty!!! There is also this other building, where they built a castle like thing over an Inca temple. The city was overall so peaceful, undisturbed by the outside. Kind of reminded me of Barcelona, where it is filled with all the small alleys and white houses.

On the way to Machu Picchu, the sights you see outside the train is already very beautiful. All there was was farms, mountains, and a few animal. Very providence like. Finally we reach our destination, Aguas Calientes. Agua Caliente is a small town on the bottom of the mountain where Machu Picchu is(about 20 minutes away by bus).   The tourist area is on one side of the town and is clean, full of restaurants, hotels and other services for tourists. Machu Picchu itself was amazing. Because there is a limit to the amount of people that can enter per day, we made sure we woke up bright and early to make sure we wouldn't miss getting in. Words cannot describe this place though. Absolutely gorgeous!