Machu Picchu was just as amazing and awe-inspiring as everyone says. We were a little frustrated by how much it cost and how difficult it was to get there (Machu Picchu is the only place in Peru that doesn´t have a bus, the only way to get there is by train), but after seven hours of hiking up and down Incan stepping stones, we think Machu Picchu is just about the coolest place we have been yet. We started hiking at 5:00 am through the morning mist arriving at the entrance gate just after opening and had the place relatively to ourselves. We climbing to the top of WaynaPicchu (the mountain that forms the backdrop for the ruins) then hiked down to the Great Cavern. We were the only ones there and felt like Indiana Jones as we climbed through the overgrown and mossy houses build into the cave. In hindsight, it was worth all the effort, but a word of advice - Go early in the morning because by noon there were about 1000 people clogging the pathways.