So after descending from Machu Pichhu we spent the night in this lovely little town full of restaurants and market stalls. The next day was raining so we decided to just wander around town and we did some souvenir shopping while waiting for the return journey.
Aguas Calientes is around 400metres below Machu Picchu and is split in two by a river that rushes with incredible speed, it is hard to hold a conversation if you sit at the outside tables in some of the restaurants such is the noise generated by the river.
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| Garbage collection |
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This river flows through the middle of town
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The train also runs through the
middle of town so that people wander across the tracks keeping an eye out for
any trains that might be coming.
Peru is a beautiful country; the people are very
friendly but very poor. It is incredibly cheap to eat everywhere in Peru with
most meals costing less than $10 ph including a drink. We did go to what we
were advised was the best restaurant in Cusco, Chi Cha run by a decorated chef
from Lima, here the dearest meal on the menu was S48 with an exchange rate of
S2.8 to A$1 the dearest meal worked out at A$17
Aguas Calientes is around 400metres below Machu Picchu and is split in two by a river that rushes with incredible speed, it is hard to hold a conversation if you sit at the outside tables in some of the restaurants such is the noise generated by the river.
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