All the of the meat eaters in the group partook in trying some of the traditional stuffed, grilled, and smoked delicacy. It was then off to Cerámicas Seminario a ceramic workshop, where we got to see how clay pottery ceramics have continued to made and painted by hand by extremely talented local artists. The final stop of the day was at a small chicha house. Chicha or chicha morada is a sweet fermented corn or purple corn drink with a low alcohol content of about 3 percent. We each tried a small glass, and made our way to dinner and the hostel exhausted from the long day of work and travel.
Thursday’s wake up was at 5 a.m. in order to be sure we caught our PERURAIL train to Machu Picchu with a 6:15 a.m. departure time. By 7:45 a.m. we were informed that we had reached our stop at km 104. However, we were the only group to exit the train at this point and more or less we were dropped off on the rail road tracks in the middle of the cloud forest, which was very tropical rainforest-esque. We hike along the mighty and powerful Urubamba River along the rail road tracks amongst avocado and banana trees, exotic birds, and colorful flowers. The 2-hour hike through the hot and humid jungle and paused at …show more content…
We then boarded a tourist bus to head up winding mountain roads towards the summit where the ancient archeological site was originally built. We spent four hours hiking and exploring the historic and iconic ruins of the Inca civilization while learning about their culture, past, and demise created by the Spanish conquistadors. The surreal views of Machu and Huayna Picchu had the group in awe, amazement, and in absolute admiration of this world wonder. We left at closing time and traveled back down to the nearby town to eat dinner and work some more on our capstone projects with our groups before
Thursday’s wake up was at 5 a.m. in order to be sure we caught our PERURAIL train to Machu Picchu with a 6:15 a.m. departure time. By 7:45 a.m. we were informed that we had reached our stop at km 104. However, we were the only group to exit the train at this point and more or less we were dropped off on the rail road tracks in the middle of the cloud forest, which was very tropical rainforest-esque. We hike along the mighty and powerful Urubamba River along the rail road tracks amongst avocado and banana trees, exotic birds, and colorful flowers. The 2-hour hike through the hot and humid jungle and paused at …show more content…
We then boarded a tourist bus to head up winding mountain roads towards the summit where the ancient archeological site was originally built. We spent four hours hiking and exploring the historic and iconic ruins of the Inca civilization while learning about their culture, past, and demise created by the Spanish conquistadors. The surreal views of Machu and Huayna Picchu had the group in awe, amazement, and in absolute admiration of this world wonder. We left at closing time and traveled back down to the nearby town to eat dinner and work some more on our capstone projects with our groups before