I would like to share with you a mystical experience I had while visiting Machu Picchu! Let me start by saying that my plans during my trip to Peru included a visit to Machu Picchu and be in Aquas Calientes on March 3, 2007 so that I could experience the full moon and total lunar eclipse. I did arrive to my destination, but did not physically get to see it due to clouds and rain throughout the night. I later found out from the bus driver to Machu Picchu that Pachamama always gets cleansed with rain when there is a lunar eclipse. This was news to me!
Anyway, the following morning I left with a group to go to Machu Picchu from Aquas Calientes at 6 am. This was great because there was hardly any visitors at the site this early in the morning. I was awe struck when I planted my feet into this sacred site! I found my tour group and spent the next two hours listening to the standard information about the Incas and such. This was nice, but it really wasn't what I was hoping to get out of my visit. However, moving around with the group and listening to the tour guide did ease me into the experience.
