last day we had to get up at 3:45am to make it to the checkpoint line before others... to be able to make it to the gates of sun by sunrise. breakfast at 4:15 and leaving latest at 4:45.. while waiting at the checkpoint i got to study the night sky here... it is amazing! i´ve never seen the stars of the southern hemisphere before.. there was the southern cross.. and i also saw 2 falling stars :D soo beautiful. then the gates were opened and we stormed towards the sun gates.
i got there before the sunrise...i was about 6th up there :D... and took a seat to enjoy the view to the ruins of Mach Picchu! amazing.. i can´t believe this is all real.. it is like a postcard. every minute more and more people arrived. we saw the sunrise and after some 30 minutes we continued towards the ruins. we took group pictures there and we listened to the stories that our guide told us. after a while we entered the ruins and got a 2 hour tour there. it was all very nice and interesting and dead gorgeous! Macchu Picchu is at 2400m.
AND THEN! i also went up to Wayna Picchu :D it is 350m climb :D .. and it took me about 30 minutes. more stairs again. but it was worth it.. it was very extreme though as on the top there were huuge rocks but nothing to hold on to.. i must say i was very scared and refused to stand up :D there is one picture where i sit on the huge rock up there as well :D.. will upload that a bit later. coming down was another very extreme experience :D the stairs were very steep and you literally had to climb.. without looking down of course :D
after looking around at the ruins some more.. and witnessing one lama taking down some people and other lamas with his run (yeah.. it was a bit scary) we took the bus to Aguas Calientes :D had lunch there and waited for the train departure at 5pm. oh I was tired.. soo tired... the train ride was 4h (for some 140km!!!) and then back to the hotel... to take a shower.. had not taken a shower in 4 days :D
now i just gotta complain about my knees :( .. they are both very swollen.. the left one i can´t straighten as on the back of the knee i have this huuge swollen knot... and right one i can´t bend as on the right hand side of my kneecap there is a huge swollen area :( WAAAAA :( and oh they hurt!!
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Tere yle pika aja. Qnnitlen eduka tripi puhul. Lugeda oli huvitav, kohe hakkan pilte vaatama. Kas järgiseks vqtad Mount Everest'i?
Hei-hei
PriMar
heh.. no kes teab kes teab mis ma j2rgmisena ette v6tan :) eks n2is :)
Tervist meie poolt kah!
Tuli tuttav tunne küll- allaminek on jah raskem kui üles. (Räägib Kristi, kes on ka mägedes matkanud)
Aga põlvi peaksid küll nüüd kompressitama ja puhkama.
Aga on tore kuulda, et seal hästi süüa saab.
Ian ja Kristi
Hopefully you have everything needed to cure your knees right away before letting it worsen.
Very interesting trip and a story! Thanx!
Anton.
no mu p6lvede lugu siis j2tkub... kompressitanud ma neid eriti ei ole... yhel hoidsin kyll kylma veepudelit peal, kuid see on ka k6ik.. vasak on p2ris ok juba kuid parem on veel veidi turses.. mitte kyll nii hullusti kui ennem... no ehk ylehomseks saavad korda (siis on planeeritud j2llegi pikem k6ndimine)
aaa.. ja ait2h lugemast anton.. ja kommenteerimast :D nii tore on kommentaare lugeda, v2hemalt keegi viitsib minu vatramist j2lgida :-P
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