MegMc2003

Megan McCune

24 / Female

Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

About MegMc2003

Full Member | Member since 23rd Mar 04

Citizenship: USA
Occupation: Student
Hobbies:

Travel, drawing/painting, writing, reading, photography, naps, planning new adventures, cooking and eating good food, theater, too many extracurricular activities, music of all kinds, anthropology, etc, etc.

Favourite places:

Bulgaria, India, Tanzania (zanzibar), Bolivia, Croatia

Activity : photos (19) forum (3) guide (0) blog (50) diary (0) trips (5)

Latest Blog Entry

A perfect day in ruins.

Posted by MegMc2003 | 23rd July 2008

As the Machu Picchu ¨Backpacker Train¨- full to the brim with the usual enthusiastic, international rowdies - screeched into the Aguas Calientes station, Kelsey and I felt the excitement tickle our tummies. We were in the ugly, overpriced, exploitative little pueblo at the foot of Machu Picchu ruins mountain ridge...and we couldn´t be happier. We found a suprisingly reasonable place to stay and set the alarm clock for 4:21 a.m. We were going to be the first people into the ruins the next morning, by darn. With my mind filled with the Inca, I hardly slept a winka.

Arriving at the bus station a bit bleary-eyed but oh-so-excited, we were perturbed to find hoardes of similarly-minded early risers already in line. Like many backpackers, I prefer to think I´m the only good backpacker. Luckily, no one can really be cranky when headed to Machu Picchu...and the first bus was really five in a row. We boarded and began the steep ascent to the ruins.

Blinded by Machu Picchu ambition, we bl

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