Machu Picchu...ever hear of it?

Machu Picchu is the new Disneyland!  Holy crap, what a zoo.  We got up at 5am to get there by 8:30am...we climb several thousand steps to get to the photo everyone sees when they think of Machu Picchu...here is what we saw...

...and that is just the lineup for Starbucks!  Shooting up at the place this photo was taken from shows just how long that lineup is...

That little shack at the top is the Starbucks...can you believe it!  Anyway, Machu Picchu is ok...even in the rain...

 

To be honest, the place is a little run down.  I wouldn't say it's even a fixer-upper...who in the hell wants a house  in a place you have to climb several thousand steps to get to?  And when ya get there, there are NO elevators...everything is way up, or way down.  I wore out a couple pairs of shoes and even a couple of titanium hip joints just trying to get a cup of coffee!  They give you 4 hours in this place and there isn't a single bathroom...hiding around every corner are guys selling Depends...seems like a good business there!  Here is one of the highest points at Machu Picchu...

I think they ran out of energy by time they got up there...it's sort of the Incan version of a mobile home.  So much for Machu Picchu...at the bottom of the mountain is a crappy little town called Aquas Calientes...kind of like Moose Jaw with 40,000 trinket sales booths!  We had lunch there...did I mention it was raining? 

Across the square were a couple of Trump supporters...under an overhang, completely dry, but insisting on the umbrella for the 1.5 hours that we ate lunch.

As I said, it was raining..............the river was going crazy!

...and that was our trip to Machu Picchu...............any questions?