I was flipping through channels today and came across a show based off the book "1,000 Places To See Before You Die". The place that they were focusing on was Machu Picchu in Peru. Naturally, if one is lucky enough to visit one of the 1,000 places that must be seen before they die, they are going to want to do it right. Since I know I wont be able to see all of the 1,000 places before I die, I want to make sure I do each place I can see right. When I was in Peru I went on tours with a guide the first couple days throughout Cusco and the surrounding ruins and into the Sacred Valley. When it came to Machu Picchu I chose to pass on those tours and go through Machu Picchu on my own becaus the guides were boring and the other tourists would ask some of most stupid questions ever. I hated waiting for those people. Even though I decided to go to Machu Picchu on my own, I still could have gotten a private tour guide. I chose not to because I wanted to hike to the top of Waynu Picchu, which is the tall Mt. behind the ruins.
This is a picture of me with the view at the top of Waynu Picchu.
This is a picture that shows Waynu Picchu and where I was.
Now in the entire episode of the show they did not say you have to do this or you have to do that. Not until they got to Machu Picchu that is. Do you know what they said you had to do and is an absolute must at Machu Picchu? Nope, it was not hiking to the top of Waynu Picchu. They said you HAD to get a tour guide to take you around and show you everything! So the one thing I HAD to do when I was there, according to this show, I decided not to do haha. Now I really hope those people are as dumb and lame as they look and sound because that would suck if I did not do the ONE thing that was a MUST at Machu Picchu. Hopefully the only reason they said that was because they didn't go on the hike to Waynu Picchu. Otherwise, I have an excuse to take another trip to South America ;)
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