Crossing the border illegally into Peru, a detailed description of how to sneak into Machu Pichu with a dog, psychedelic revelations after trying ayahuasca, everything about the Choquequirao hiking trek, traveling by boat on the Peruvian Amazonas and into Colombia and more, much more.
Part 1 – Preconceptions
Part 2 – Crossing borders
Part 3 – Cusco
Part 4 – Machu Pichu
Part 5 – Lima
Part 6 – Paracas
Part 7 – Choquequirao
Part 8 – Iquitos
Part 9 – Ayahuasca
Part 10 – Conclusion
Has just been published.
Part 4 – Machu Pichu
Machu Pichu is a tourist trap, that much is clear. And I’m not really a tourist, that much is also clear. I wouldn’t go to see stuff like the Eiffel Tower or The Great Wall.
Did I want to see Machu Pichu? Maybe, but I wasn’t crazy about it, like some foreigners, who dream their whole life of coming to Peru just to visit Machu Pichu. For me it was more like a dilemma, it could be nice to see it but I definitely don’t want to feel like a tourist.
That leads me to the next question: Could I afford to visit Machu Pichu? No, not really.
If I factor in accommodation, transportation, and entrance fees, Machu Pichu could have cost at least two or three hundred dollars. To be honest, my budget is about a hundred dollars a week for everything, that’s something I, realistically speaking, feel comfortable spending. Some people spend more, some spend less, I don’t consider myself a frugal traveler or anything like that. I eat well, sleep comfortably and take good care of my dog, and that’s how much money it takes to do it. I’m saying that to explain the point that spending the budget of a few weeks in just one day was not really an option.
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