The last few days have been great. Ive been hanging out with my buddy Brett and a ton of other guys from the hostel. Yesterday I went on a train with Sasha and Tessa to Auqua Caliente, which is the town outside Macchu Picchu. We walked around the town which was amazingly beautiful and enjoyed our day. The town can only be described as a Chinatown look in the mountains of Peru. Everywhere you look you see tall mountains, not in the distance, but almost close enough to touch, with a river flowing right through the middle of the town. After a few hours of walking around, the girls got tired and went back to the hostel, and I met up with 6 guys from the hostel who were enjoying happy hour. It was 3 aussies, 2 kiwis, a canadian, and me. We partied from about 4:30 till 7:00 and the whole time we were loud and obnoxious and having a generally rowdy time. So rowdy in fact that we had about 10 customers upstairs on the balcony enjoying their dinner and after about 10 minutes of hearing us, they quickly got up and left! Then at 7, the boys decided that they wanted to streak across the plaza, which meant it was time for me to leave.

I bought a bottle of Chilean wine called Castillo de Diablo, and went back to our hostel to hang with the girls. We ended up talking and laughing for about 3 hours before we decided to hit the sack. Our hostel was an Eco Lodge, which meant it was built into the landscape and was beautiful and organic. The lodges were wood and had amazing views. It also had a great bathroom and the girls let me use their bodywash so I felt clean for the first time since arriving in S. America.

We wole up at 5AM to catch the first bus in order to see the sun rise, but since it was cloudy at Macchu Picchu, we woke up for nothing. Macchu Picchu is the most expensive park Ive ever heard of. Its a $6 bus ride to and from the park, and ticket price was $40 american. I pitched a fit but they wouldnt come down. We spent a few hours in the park taking pics and enjoying the spectacular views, then headed back to the gate for brunch. The only place open was a buffet for $19 american, which was expensive but worth it. I ate like a king. Then Sasha and I hiked up Hyuana Picchu which is 1 hour of torcherous mountain climbing, but once up we had some of the best views a human can ever expect. Tessa didnt want to get sweaty so she stayed at the gate and read a book.

We caught the train back to Cusco and are going to eat dinner tonight then there is a party called School Disco at our hostel which is gonna be crazy. Too bad Im exhausted and just want to go to bed.