we took a train from Cusco to Aguas Calientes.

Machu Picchu was a lost city that has bin founded by the Incas

and wen the Incas were dun the Inca king was not able to stay

because the spanish people came and killed the Inca king

So we went to the ruins and we saw the wrecked houses of the Incas

and it was kind of a coincidence because we met Canadian people that know our

dads work. it was funny because we saw lots of lamas and took lots of photos. It was

high altitude but not as high as Cusco and it was abet like a hike because it had lots of

stairs.

Cusco was a weird experience, most parts were good but our family had some challenges that I will be describing trough out the post. The good thing is we got to see one of the new seven wonders of the world, Machu Picchu!!! So it was a win win and that was good. The day we arrived, we met up with our old friend Eugenio. We toured around Cusco for about an hour, then stoped for lunch. That day we did not do much because we had just arrived, so we did not do much else expect walk around. The next day was a early morning wake up, we got up at six and got in the car for 2 hours. Once we got there, we went to the Inca ruins and learnt about them. After that we looked around in markets and got some souvenirs. We drove for quite a wile longer and stoped along the way for experiences like wool making and more hiking.The next morning my mom was not feeling great. We had a relaxing day at home and in the in afternoon my dad, my sisters, Eugenio, Eugenio’s girl friend, Gabriella and I went to sacsay huaman a mountain (pronounced: sexy woman) and saw more Inca ruins. That night my mom was still not feeling great and said she could not come to rainbow mountain, a mountain that was the colours of a rainbow. The next morning, we woke up at 3am and hoped on a bus for three hours. When we finally got there, we took horses up the mountain. Because of the elevation, I was not feeling great and I could not keep going so I stayed were we were and my sisters, Eugenio and Gabriella kept going to the top of the mountain. A couple minutes later, Eugenio came down where my dad and I were and said that he would take me down to the bus and my dad could go meet my sisters, so that is what we did. Once Eugenio and I got to the bottom of the mountain, we waited for my sisters, my dad and Gabriella. Once they got to the bottom, my dad looked horrible and felt horrible, apparently he had gone to high and had trouble with the elevation too. We got back in the bus and drove for three hours back. It was quite hard, but rainbow mountain was very interesting and beautiful! The next day we took a train to Machu Picchu, and Elise will explain the rest in her blog. The next week in Cusco, was more calm because my parents went to the doctor and Eugenio went to the dentist, turns out my parents had salmonella and a parasite so that was a big deal and they had to get an iv.