Due to our tight budget, we didn’t do the same tour that dad and I took, but just hopped in a bus and headed in for ourselves. We were able to avoid buying the tourist ticket, that they say is mandatory, and just went to a few off-the-beaten-path sites that cost less to enter, especially with our student IDs -- 50% discount! We went to Moray and then to Ollantaytambo to catch our train to Aguas Calientes, where Machu Picchu is. Moray looks like an enormous amphitheater, but was used for agriculture experimentation. No one really knows how long ago it was built. There was only one other family there, so we pretty much had the ruins to ourselves, which was awesome. From there, we took another bus to Ollantaytambo. Reluctant to pay the entrance fee into the fort that dad I went to, we found a train that takes you up to some free ruins! They were storage units for corn and potatoes and perched on the mountain side. From there, we had a gorgeous view of the fort and the city. Again, we were the only ones there apart from one other person. At that point, we started to fantasize about our luck continuing and that maybe we would be the only people at Machu Picchu the following the day! We took the last train out of Ollantaytambo to Aguas Calientes and when we got there we were immediately swarmed by people peddling their hostals. We found a pretty nice one just off the square.
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