Arrived in Aguas Calientes ready for Macchu Piccu tomorrow - Day 16

The train journey from Cusco to Aguas Calientes was amazing, a beautiful journey through the valley with towering mountains either side of us.  AMAZING.  You could feel the buzz from all the people on the train - every single one of them planning on being at Macchu Piccu for the Winter Solstice and the last day of this current Mayan Calendar.  So many people believe so many different things as what has been written about the Mayan Calendar is open to interpretation.

From my reading of lots of different information over the last few years, I believe that this is the end of the current Mayan Calendar - there are 13 Mayan Calendars and this is the end of the 5th - this one has lasted 5200 years (there is a short calendar and a long calendar but its complicated to explain i.e I haven't got an effing clue what the difference is!!) so the winter Solstice along with the aligning of the planets is the end of 5200 years and we are about to start the 6th Mayan Calendar which is interpreted as the start of the Golden Age.

The Mayans didn't predict the end of the world, just the end of the world as we know it.  Now is the time to go into the Golden Age and we must spend the next 5200 years healing our Earth and give back everything we have taken from it.  Now is the time when all of the healers in the world will step forward and help others to heal themselves and the earth.  If we start with healing ourselves we will then be strong enough to give the Earth what it needs so it can also heal.

Healing is easy - we can all do it!  If your intention is to heal then that is what will happen so tomorrow, the 21st December take some time out of your normal daily routine and sit quietly and say to yourself "My intention is to heal myself, to heal my loved ones, to heal all those around me and to heal and give back to the Earth" and if you are reading this after the 21st, take a moment now and say those words - you will feel the energy of the Universe answer your call.

The train was fantastic with these amazing sun roofs!  I love when there is light above me, sometimes when I am travelling on planes part of my fear and claustrophobia is the overhead cabins above me that close off my crown chakra energy - so no problem with my crown chakra energy on this train - in fact it was buzzing and reaching out beyond the mountains!  The views were spectacular - have no idea how you could sleep through it like the guy in the picture but in saying that this was his second time on the journey so he had seen it once!

Once the train arrived into Aguas Calientes, which means hot water because there are hot springs here, I was met by the one of the hotel people who took me up to the hotel which was just a 2 minute walk from the train station.  I dumped my stuff and headed off to discover the town.

It really isn't very big with one main square and couple of main streets - mostly full of shops and restaurants.  It's got pretty spectacular surroundings - beat that George Square!  The statue is the Inca King - no idea which one as there will have been a few.  Sorry a bit crap with the old history stuff!

This is the view from the bridge over the river - my hotel is on the other side of the river from the main square but the place really is tiny, you can walk round it all in half an hour, if you are not shopping of course!  I had some great shopping this afternoon - I LOVE the negotiations! Got some wee bargains so I am happy.

I met up with Adrian my Shaman - what kind of name is Adrian for a Shaman?!  Anyway he was an older gentleman who looked more mexican than peruvian.  He was very sweet and told me about his visit to Scotland 10 years ago and how he went to the Rosslyn Chapel and it was a very special place of him as he had been there before in a past life.  He didn't really explain what happens in the ceremony tomorrow so it will all be a surprise except I know he works with the Angels which is really cool as I love to work with the Angels too. He is meeting me at 7am tomorrow to get the bus together up to Macchu Piccu and his parting words were "enjoy your dreams with the Angels" oh yes I can't wait! I haven't really slept very well since my Jungle Ceremony so a bit of Angel dust to give me a good full nights sleep would be amazing.

I am not sure how much walking there will be tomorrow, hoping not too much as I seem to have injured my left thigh - think it was the huge steps up and down at Moray yesterday.  I can walk up hill and on the flat ok but going down hill is really sore and I am walking like a hobbling old lady.  There are loads of massage places here but I really didn't want someone poking about my left thigh muscle as it really is very tender but thought some reflexology would help - oh fuck - my poor feet and calfs were battered to within an inch of their wee lives!  I now have sore calfs and a sore thigh!!  Fingers crossed tomorrow it will all be better.

Can't wait for tomorrow, I have seen so many pictures of Macchu Piccu but can't believe i am actually going to see it with my own eyes.  I hope Adrian is ready for some emotions as I think I might just be a big bubbling bairn!

suzxxx