Cuzco - Aguas Calientes

Lima airport is like any other airport in the world except most of the instructions are in Spanish....and the plentiful wifi I had become used to in the US is gone. 

Most of the shots here are Aguas Calientes and I'm sure the locals only dress in traditional Peruvian peasant gear for the benefit of the tourists because with over 1 million tourists a year, these people are probably all millionaires.

Aguas Calientes translates to 'hot water' as there are some hot springs just at the edge of the town. The town is also known as Machupicchu Pueblo (village).

Cuzco - typical building. Mud brick construction, concrete slab floors and ceilings (to allow for further expansion upward when money becomes available).

Similar to Tuk Tuks but basically a bike with a shell

Cuzco - very typical of houses

Peru is still very much a farming community so selling your stuff at the side of the road was very common.

Aguas calientes 

Monument in town centre

The train runs through the centre of town

A stream also runs through the other axis of town. After the spring thaw, this stream would be a river.

Aguas Calientes

Aguas Calientes

Aguas Calientes

Looking at Aguas Calientes back up the sacred valley

Peru Rail

I actually saw many older Peruvian women in these hats carrying colourful cargo sacks

Not at all sure what this is