The rail link from Cusco to Machu Picchu was swept away by floods back in January. Only the link from Piscacucho to Machu Picchu has been restored (the rest won’t be done until June) Because of this, we had to get up at O’dark hundred & hop on a 16-person bus to take us on the long drive from Cusco to Piscacucho. Ok, so we didn’t exactly tell you the truth. Not only was the railway destroyed by the flood but some of the roads were, too. This meant that our little bus got to do some off roading at times. The closer we got to the train station the less the roads actually looked like roads. It sort of felt like being on the Star Tours attraction at one of the Disney parks & sitting in the back row (where you get tossed around much more). Yeah, we ended up with butt bruises & sore necks after that little ride. It was a bit sobering to see parts of the former railroad tracks sticking out in the air with nothing around it (we’d have taken a picture of it for you but we were having too much fun being tossed around the back of the Peruvian bus).
Once we made it to the train station @ Piscacucho we boarded the train & headed to Machu Picchu. This was an extremely slow trip as there construction crews were still repairing the tracks (but was much more logical than having to wait for a flock of sheep to cross the tracks enroute to Belgium or having to deal with crazed football fans on the train while enroute to Scotland – some folks should say “No” to body paint BTW).
The Rail link from Cusco to Machu Picchu was swept away by
floods back in January. Only the link from Piscacucho to Machu Picchu has been
restored (the rest won’t be done until June) Because of this, we had to get up
at O’dark hundred & hop on a 16-person bus to take us on the long drive from
Cusco to xyz. Ok, so we didn’t exactly
tell you the truth. Not only was the railway destroyed by the flood but some of
the roads were, too. This meant that our little bus got to do some off roading
at times. The closer we got to the train station the less the roads actually
looked like roads. It sort of felt like being on the Star Tours attraction at
one of the Disney parks & sitting in the back row (where you get tossed
around much more). Yeah, we ended up with butt bruises & sore necks after
that little ride. It was a bit sobering to see parts of the former railroad
tracks sticking out in the air with nothing around it (we’d have taken a
picture of it for you but we were having too much fun being tossed around the
back of the Peruvian bus).
Once we made it to the train station @
Piscacucho
we boarded the
train & headed to Machu Picchu. This was an extremely slow trip as there
construction crews were still repairing the tracks (but was much more logical
than having to wait for a flock of sheep to cross the tracks enroute to Belgium
or having to deal with crazed football fans on the train while enroute to
Scotland – some folks should say “No” to body paint BTW).
