Today marks the completion of my trip to Macchu Picchu. Although I am sad that it is over, I had a great time overall. I will try and keep in touch will all the great people I met on the trip, and hopefully it will be something I remember for many years to come.
I woke up this morning at 4:30am, in order to make it to the train station by 5:00am for boarding. The train was really quite impressive, as it had nice fabric seats in booths of four, just like anything you would expect from a European or American train. It was quite dark when we first left from Aguas Calientes, but once the sun started to come up, I had some great photo opportunities. Seeing the sun rise up over the mountains and the generally impressive landscape was amazing, and I wish my explanations could do the scenery justice. We arrived approximately two hours later in Ollantaytambo, where we took a bus to Urubamba.
Although I really didn’t want to work today, I felt that I should end my time here in Peru on a good note. Thankfully, today was the day that we visited the projects of the Urubamba volunteers, to see what they have been doing and what impact they have had on their respective communities. It was all really interesting, especially being able to see the greenhouse the Environmental group worked in. Additionally, it was cool to see the different stove design that they use. However, I was still exhausted by the end of the work day, so I slep tall the way back to Cuzco.
In the evening, we had a salsa lesson, but I was feeling really tired, so I just went straight to bed. Tomorrow is a city holiday, so we will be hanging out together and preparing our materials for our last big presentation in Occoruro on Thursday.
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