At the end of the day guests gather in Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge for late afternoon tea complete with a buffet of tea sandwiches, cookies, and sweets. Located just steps from the ancient citadel, there is the option of spending the night at the Orient-Express–owned Sanctuary Lodge allowing guests to experience the sunset, sunrise, and the ruins in the morning before the busloads of tourists arrive. On the bus ride down to the waiting train a young Andean lad races straight down a walking path and appears at all the hairpin turns waving and shouting, "Adios!" The staff is waiting with refreshing scented towels. The Hiram Bingham Orient-Express departs at 6 p.m. and pulls into Poroy station around 9.30 p.m. so there is little daylight time to enjoy the scenery on the return trip––it is time to enjoy a relaxing dinner. Pre–dinner Pisco Sour cocktails, served in especially designed terra cotta vessels, are served in the bar along with other libations accompanied by live entertainment. The relaxing four–course, à la carte dinner includes pumpkin cream soup scented with star anise followed by salmon trout with champagne pink pepper sauce accompanied by Peru's own Tacama wines. Special dietary requests are no problem.