Got to sleep in till 6:15 today as we have another overnight flight to Chile tonight. Caught the train for breakfast and a nice 2 hour ride down the Sacred Valley to the nearest road that a tour bus could navigate.
We then bused up to the top of the valley (12,300 feet elevation) and drove through highland agriculture fields. Most everything is done by hand or oxen although there are a few small tractors, which are not common.
We saw a lot of animals on our trip with most of them being tethered rather than having the expense of a fence. As we drove by a dairy farm the farmer and his family were out in the pasture milking cows by hand with pails and stools.
After our bus ride back to Cuzco we caught an evening flight back to Lima. We then caught a night flight to Santiago, Chile. After a grueling immigration (I don't think they like tourists) we arrived at our hotel at 4:20 AM. Thank goodness our wake up call isn't till 10:30 AM.
**Note: Just 1 week after we did our train ride in and out of Machu Picchu the rain came down and the mud slides started which washed out the train tracks. The Military had to use helicopters to fly food in and some 2000+ stranded people out of Machu Picchu. Weren't we lucky!!!
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