Yesterday we toured Machu Picchu and Eddie, our guide, gave us a 2-hour walking tour at the site. There are still many things unknown about MP and yet to be discovered. Just last year explorers discovered new sites at Wayna Picchu, the mountain also considered sacred by the Inca, located across from MP. They continue to excavate this site.

We arrived about 8 a.m. as the morning offered nothing but a heavy downpour and our plans of a sunrise at the site were changed. The rain lets up a bit as we take our walking tour around the grounds. It's incredibly green up at the site; the llamas must love it! After the tour we took the bus down to Aguas Calientes and checked out the hotel.

We then went for lunch at Pueblo Viejo in Aguas Calientes, which has delicious authentic Peruvian food! There is a grill in the middle of the restaurant used for cooking the meat and when you walk in the restaurant, it feels and smells like you're entering someone’s' home. Oh, that incredible smoky smell of a grill; there's nothing like it! The buffet is outstanding and they offer wine and beer. You can enjoy the sights on the street while you wait and talk about the trek. We were then treated to an excellent Andean music performance by a local band called Amaru Pumaq Kuntur!

Afterwards, we walk through the town to the railway station for a 2-hour ride back to Ollanta and then a 2-hour van ride back to Cusco. Once the train gets going we are flanked by the raging Urubamba River beside us and people can't help but stare and take pictures, commenting on it's force. It is the end of the rainy season but the rain doesn't want to quit.