Machu Picchu...I peed on Matts Shoe

I dont know what I can say about the Inka trail and Machu Picchu...it really was quite amazing. The trail was the highlight, as opposed to Machu Picchu itself. We hiked through the Andes for 4 days to reach a spectacular and over priced tourist trap. Not to say Machu Picchu wasnt impressive, but it has been bastardized into a site Japanese tourists can train then bus to to pay 7 soles for a bottle of water (about 2.50 but still very very expensive for Peru standards).
A brief summary of the 4 days: Day 1 was an easy walk but rained on us. Of course i underpacked and was soaking wet for the next 4 days. Day 2 is the most intense as you climb 1200 meters over 11 km. they say it takes about 5 hours to get to the peak and a 1.5 down to camp....I finished in about 3.5 hours - i was very tired. Day 3 is the longest, but relatively easy compared to day 2, it was about 17 km. Day 4 we woke up at 3:50 to get to machu picchu first, which we did. But, this may come as a suprise, but in the rain forest, in the rainy season - it rained. We couldnt see Machu Picchu from the classic view from the Sun Gate, but thats okay. we made it down, it poured, my hands died and turned a nice white/purple colour and shrivled up...but luckly it started to warm up right when we had tiem to roam around. we decided to climb waynapicchu (spelling?) which is the mountain in the background of all the famous photos...this was most certainly worth it and i think it provided better view then the sungate anyways.

okay, im back in cusco now and will be here for a the next couple days...
take a look at these pics...they dont do any justice as to how amazing the views and andes really are, but i suppose this is the best i can do.