Ua kū kahi kaʻaahi ma muli o ke kūʻēʻē a nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi kūloko e ālai ana i ke ala kaʻaahi e kokoke ana i ka hale aliʻi kahiko o Inca o Machu Picchu. ʻO kēia ke kumu o ka hāʻule ʻana o 2 mau kaʻaahi a laila ua hōʻeha ʻia ma kahi o 5 mau kānaka, a he 2 o lākou e ʻike koʻikoʻi.
Ua hana ʻia kēia hanana ma kahi o 10:20 AM ma 88 km o ke alahao a hiki i Machu Picchu — ma waena o Ollantaytambo a me Machu Picchu Town (Aguas Calientes) - i ka wā i ku ʻia ai kahi kaʻaahi Inca Rail e kekahi hui ʻē aʻe mai ka hui kaʻaahi o PeruRail.
Wahi a nā mākaʻi, ua haʻalele ka hāʻule i 2 mau kānaka i hōʻeha nui ʻia, a ʻo nā mea ʻeha ʻeha hoʻi, a me nā waiwai o ka waiwai.
Ua lawe ʻia kēlā mau mea ʻeha loa i kahi kikowaena mālama ola ma mua o ko lākou haʻalele ʻana i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Cusco.
"Ua haʻalele kekahi o nā mokuahi Inca Rail iā Ollantaytambo ma kahi o 6:40 AM a kū i 40 mau minuke ma hope ma muli o ke kūʻē. Ua kū mākou no hoʻokahi hola, a laila holoi ʻia ke kūʻē, hoʻomau ke kaʻaahi i kāna ala, a ʻelima mau minuke ma hope ua ʻike mākou i kahi hopena ikaika ma ka hope. He kaʻaahi PeruRail kēlā i kū mai iā mākou, ”i ʻōlelo ʻo Valeria Lozana.
"ʻElua mau noho Inca Rail i lele i ka lewa," wahi a ka mea hōʻike.
Wahi a nā mākaʻi, ua hoʻokumu kahi hui o 30 mau mākaʻikaʻi kūloko i kahi wahi kanaka no ka hiki ʻole iā lākou ke kūʻai i kā lākou mau tikika i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Machu Picchu, no laila e pale ana i ke kaʻaahi Inca Rail mai ka hele ʻana.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Wahi a nā mākaʻi, ua hoʻokumu kahi hui o 30 mau mākaʻikaʻi kūloko i kahi wahi kanaka no ka hiki ʻole iā lākou ke kūʻai i kā lākou mau tikika i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Machu Picchu, no laila e pale ana i ke kaʻaahi Inca Rail mai ka hele ʻana.
- We stopped for an hour, then the protest was cleared, the train continued its route, and five minutes later we felt a strong impact on the back.
- A train had stopped because of a protest by domestic tourists who were blocking the railway track near the ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu.
