Train to Machu Picchu

The rain continued all morning and to get to the road for the bus was a 40 minute trek through coffee and banana plantations. We saw lots of parakeets which were extremely noisy and some humming birds.

The bus ride lasted an hour and was very bumpy, after which we walked in the rain and eventually made our way to the station where we had a wait of a couple of hours. The train journey itself was fascinating and involved much tooing and froing and coupling and uncoupling of carriages and locos.

The hotel is lovely and it's a shame we won't be spending longer here. One surprise is that dinner is included when we expected to be going out hitting the town. We're not complaining.

Now it's time to shower and find some clean clothes. I can't wait to get out of all this trekking gear when we get back to Cusco tomorrow and wear something decent.