Stranded in Machu Picchu: Kiwi Shares Ordeal Amid Deadly Peru Protests (Stuff - 12/20/2022)
Stranded in Machu Picchu: Kiwi Shares Ordeal Amid Deadly Peru Protests (full article)
Siobhan Downes
A group of Kiwis hiked along a train line and endured a seven-hour bus ride through a windy mountain pass to get out of Machu Picchu after they became trapped in the tourist town amid Peru’s protests.
Susanna Kent, from Wellington, was doing the Salkantay trek, a popular four to five-day route connecting Cusco with the Unesco World Heritage Site.
Kent, who was walking the trail with her three adult children and two of their friends, said the state of emergency was declared the day after they started the trek.
“Things deteriorated while we were walking.”
Their group was one of the last to make it into Machu Picchu, which was closed off because of the nationwide demonstrations, which have resulted in 26 deaths and dozens of injuries and arrests.
But then they found themselves stranded in Aguas Calientes, the gateway town to the tourist destination.
Tags: #Peru #Protests #Tourists #Blockades #Machu Picchu #New Zealand
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