What's Peru without Machu Picchu? Of course we had to visit the famous Inca city! The backpacker train took us from desert-like Cusco to the evergreen cloudforest of Machu Picchu, in only 3 hours! At around noon we arrived in Aguas Calientes, the village just below the site. Going to Machu Picchu was scheduled for the next day, so we still had time and decided to hike up the Putucusi mountain, where a beautiful view of Machu Picchu was promised to us. We battled up the steep mountain, through swarms of sandflies, took countless slippery half-rotten wooden ladders, but the promise proved true. It was just incredible up there, without words...
And even better, on top of Putucusi there were almost no tourists. So at this isolated place with such an incredible view the time was ripe to unveil a small box with a ring inside. Yes, that's right. Florian proposed to me at this magical place!! To describe the feelings, well... Guess the fotos tell the story themselves :-)
The next day we joined again with the hordes of tourists to go up to Machu Picchu itself. We arrived just in time to watch the sunrise over the Inca ruins. The complex is just amazing. It has such a calm serene atmoshere to it, even with a lot of visitors. Go there if you ever happen to be in Peru!
