Somehow against my better judgement I was talked into taking the "special" bus from Cuzco to Lima. The agent, a swarthy looking man with a hair lip and a wandering eye managed to convince me that the extra 20 soles (£5) was worth every penny for the pure luxury I was to experience. Four foot wide leather seats that would recline almost into a bed, stewardess service with food and drink, TV, Video, Toilet. I was to be borne on the wings of angels all the way to Lima. I've heard this luxury bus story so many times and usually I'm just happy to get a seat I don't have to share with a goat, so I tried not to get my hopes up too much. So imagine my surprise, in fact utter astonishment when the
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