Taxi service from Ollantaytambo back to Cusco in the evenings

Sorry for the flood of questions but finalizing my trip this week.

I have heard the Cusco tourist route in general is very safe but also read the State Dept. warnings about travel at night in Peru.

I want to maximize my only day at Machu Pichu and thus take a taxi from Cusco to Olla where I will pick up the more frequent and more late running trains than from Cusco (only 2 trains per day that leave at O'dark in the morning and leave Machu too early).

Ok so the way up fine since during the day but coming back in the evening will be dark and I scared of ladrones and bad roads...

Is the road connecting Olla to Cusco well traveled in the evening and is the road in decent condition?

Thank you again.

By nine inch nails on Oct 23, 2008, 06:49 in Peru forum.

nine inch nails says on Nov 25, 2008, 08:54: Mine worked out fine. My tour operator set the taxi back up for me and other than 2 extra PAX on the way back nothing seemed scary to me. The roads in excellent condition and no scary peoples alongside the road. I highly recommend the taxi/train combo. if you are a little short on time and don't want to ride the train for 4 hours. My taxi took less than 1 hr. 30 min. each way then only another 90 min. on Peru Rail. 0 funny, 0 helpful.

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