(upbeat music) - Okay, so I'm talking
about surprises of Machu Picchu.
And when I'm talking about Machu Picchu,
I'm really talking about Machu Picchu town.
Like, my impression of Machu Picchu before I went there
was like where you stand up on the edge of the ruins
with the ruins in the background and you take that photo
that everyone takes of Machu Picchu.
But there were so many surprises in going into Machu Picchu.
The first one is you take PeruRail in,
and it's absolutely stunningly beautiful.
You've got this rapid flowing river
that's carved out through the mountains.
And you're in the Andes,
so you've got this mountain backdrop
as well as snow-capped peak mountains in the background.
And the rail is set up to take full view of this.
So you're cruisin' along these cliffs
looking at the waterfalls, looking at the mountains.
It is absolutely incredible.
And when that train pulls into Machu Picchu town,
the energy in that place is just fantastic.
The shops and the town itself is built
right on the edges of the railway
and the buildings just rise up from both sides.
And for me, going to Machu Picchu
was the number one thing on my bucket list
and it just comes with this energy and excitement,
and when you think about it,
that place is swarming with tourists,
but they're all in the same boat.
They're all about to see
something they've wanted to see their whole lives,
and they've got this anticipation about them.
They've got this excitement about them.
Either that or they just did it.
They just went there in the morning
and they're back in the afternoon.
So, the people are so energetic and alive,
the tourists that are there,
as well as the people that live there themselves.
They're just beautiful, friendly people.
As you walk around the town, it's just got so much energy.
There are so many places to eat,
and it's just absolutely beautiful.
There's the market, we walked through the market.
All the color and everything else.
If you wanna buy ponchos, and I'll do a separate
poncho buying lesson because there's an art to it,
if you wanna buy ponchos or other things,
go and check out the markets.
There's hot baths at the top.
We went up there but it was too busy,
but go and check those out.
Our accommodation was on the edge of the river,
and so from our balcony, we were looking out over the river
and there were all these sort of walking
back and forwards, up and down the sides of the river bank.
On the other side of the river is Machu Picchu mountain.
So, you know, before I went to Machu Picchu,
a picture of a mountain in my brain
was a mountain like this shape, like that.
Their mountains rise up like that.
They are just crazy steep.
For us we had a balcony, a river, and Machu Picchu mountain.
Machu Picchu was at the top of that mountain
that was right outside our window.
We actually went down and stood in the river
and just played around down there.
There were tons of mozzies.
And I don't know what that water quality is like.
But it was beautiful.
Those big boulders, goin' and sittin' down there.
My daughter donned a poncho and just sat there
and went all sorta trippy.
We went on a massive adventure because the AFL Grand Final
was on when we were in Machu Picchu,
so me and my son went to a lotta places looking for it,
going into different shops and talking to the locals.
We went into a backpackers'.
Backpackers' was called Supertramp, Supertramp Backpackers'.
And the dude there that helped us out
was an absolute goddamn legend.
Thank you man.
Machu Picchu town was an amazing surprise to me
and something I'm so glad we did
and so glad we got to see before we kick the bucket.
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