llactapata to aguas calientes

this was the last day before we reached machu picchu. we climbed down from llactapata to the river aobamba then over to the river urubamba. there we found a train station and ate our first good, homecooked meal in a week... and it was only $1!!! from there we followed the train tracks for 11km to aguas calientes. there were several points on the tracks where streams ran under from the hills on the left to the river on the right. at one such point, i was not paying attention and slipped through the tracks. i leaned back so that the track before caught me, but ended up scraping up my shins on the one in front of me (as pictured above a couple days later). it hurt pretty bad and i ended up crying like a baby, which was embarrassing... but it hurt!!! hahahaha. i kept trekking the last 4 km to aguas calientes and opted for a bed instead of the campsite. we ate two dinners in aguas calientes and then went to sleep early since we had to wake up very early the next day to catch the sunrise at machu picchu.