After our Pumamarca adventure, we all slept like rocks, and woke up the next morning to pack up and head to the train station.We traveled on PeruRail in the 'cheap' seats, which still have windows in the ceiling, and travel a route up to Machu Picchu with breathtaking views.
Our train arrived at Machu Picchu Pueblo (formerly called Aguas Calientes for hot springs there), the town nearest the Machu Picchu ruins, and the only way to get there if you don't take the multi-day hike on the Incan Trail. The town itself is a tourist stop made up of hotels, restaurants and shopping, situated on a confluence of two rivers in a valley of very steep mountains. We wandered around, through the giant marketplace and took some fun pictures.
After a little shopping, we picked out a restaurant for dinner, and it ended up being the best meal we had in Peru thus far. We had read that everything cost double here, just due to the tourist nature, but after our great food and beer (have I mentioned how awesome the Peruvian dark beer is? I am missing it greatly now that we are in Ecuador), we were ok with that.
We hit the hay early that night, in prep for our 4:30am alarm to head up to Machu Picchu the next morning.
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