Ollantaytambo , Cuzco, Aguascalientes (Machu Picchu town)

Dianne and I had chosen not to hike the Inca trail before we left on this trip ( Dianne was out when she heard it involved camping). This meant that we dropped the group off in Ollantaytambo returned to Cuzco then went to Aguascalientes where we would take the rain up to Machu Picchu and meet up with the walkers.
During our three days we visited Inca sites in the Sacred Valley, went by a small area where they were preparing Guinea pig, visited an alpaca sanctuary, got to see more of Cuzco including churches, a parade and a finally a football match.
Aguascalientes is a small town which is where the train stops to drop off people not hiking that trail. Our hotel was literally sandwiched between train tracks and a river.  We were able to walk around this pretty little town and prepared for the highlights that would be Machu Picchu.