Hundreds of tourists stranded at Machu Picchu after flooding

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1-27-2010 @ 5:57PM

Helly(Travel by the Calendar) said...

I'm a bit confused by this story. The train from Cusco runs to a town called Aguas Calientes, a very touristy little village with lots of hotels , restaurants etc. From there, most people then catch a bus or walk (60-90 minutes) up to the site of Machu Picchu. There is a nice hotel just outside the Machu Picchu site, but if that's the hotel that's been overwhelmed, it implies there are hundreds of people stranded, not in town but at the actual Machu Picchu site. A quick internet search suggests that in low season, which this is, there might be 1500 people per day at the site, did they all catch the bus up at the same time, and then the road buckled? I'd love to know more about this story, but so far I'm coming up with a lot more questions than answers. Please give us more details.

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