After a morning tour of Machu Picchu, on April 17, 2006, we walked from the Pueblo Hotel, down the train track "Main Street" of town; to the Aguas Calientes Train Station and began boarding the Perurail Ferrostal Vistadome Class Train. We boarded at about 1:09 PM local time. We were leaving on a four hour train journey to Cusco so that we could check into the Picoaga Hotel and then tour Cusco the next day. We disembarked the train at the Poroy Train Station.. The narrow gauge track causes our Vistadome Class Train to bump as it threads its way along the Urubamba River, providing the Vistadome passengers with awe-inspiring views of the dramatic canyons of the Urubamba Valley. The railway actually follows the river into the Urubamba Gorge. We see the remains of sizeable settlements which appear and then just as quickly disappear, where the local Indian farmers manage their farms and reside just as they have for hundreds of years.
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| View Of Aguas Caliente Town. Urubamba River On The Left. Narrow Gauge RR Track "Main Street" Of Aguas Caliente On Right. |
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| Entering The Back Side Of The Aguas Caliente Train Station | From Our Walk Down The RR Tracks From Pueblo Hotel |
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| We See Several PERUrail Trains Waiting To Take Passengers From Town | At The End Of This SideWalk We See The Tourist Market And We Will Enter The Station |
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| Audrey Wants This Blanket | But, There Are Many Others |
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| Let's Get on Board! | Ok! |
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| Wait! We Have To Show Our Ticket To The Nice Guard | And Go To The Waiting Area |
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| And We Still Have To Look At The Aguas Caliente Tourist Market | The Aguas Caliente Tourist Market |
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| Aguas Caliente Train Station Passenger Waiting Area | Aguas Caliente Train Station Passenger Waiting Area |
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| We Have Found Our Seats Others Are Rushing To Theirs | PERUrail Train Engineers Seat |
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| Others Boarding Our Car | Hey! It's Maribel Ortiz Our Best Machu Picchu And Cusco Area Tour Guide! |
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| The Hiram Bingham Train | Is Located Next To Ours |
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| Boy Is It Nice! | But Very Expensive |
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| They Treat You Right! | Railroad Worker |
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| Inca Terraces Are Everywhere! | Maribel Ortiz, The Best Guide For Machu Picchu & Cusco Came By To Check Our Welfare |
