Blogs from Cusco, Cusco, Cusco, Peru, South America - page 12

Hello friends and family, We are currently sitting on the beach in Equador, after making our way through Northern Peru. However, I must start where I left off........The Bolivian/Peru border. We thought some trouble might arise as we were 10 days over our visa, but thanks to the Custom officers poor math skills and Alanas tears, we were able to cross without issues. We travelled down to Arequipa, Perus second largest city (Sits at the base of Mt Misti, a snow capped volcanoe). After of few days of relaxing by the pool and eating nice foods we were off again. Onto ANOTHER bus and back up into high altitudes. This time to the famous city of Cusco. Insert small history lesson>>>> There are sooooo many churches in Cusco because when the spanish destroyed an Inca 'temple' ... read more

From our incredible jungle trip, we returned to Cusco exhausted and very smelly Thursday evening (7ish). Hostel Andrea did not have one of the nice rooms that we had previously stayed in so we shared a room with a young French couple. They had just arrived from Arequipa after a challenging bus ride. They were the perfect people to share a room with as they were exhausted as well and planned to be in bed early. So, after a nice nearby dinner, the entire room was asleep by no later than 10:00. Friday, the 6th, was a relaxing catchup day. We explored Cusco a little more. Had an awesome lunch with Alpaca. It was Good Friday so there were some small parades and things. We changed hostel rooms so we could get a clean shower. We ... read more

Day 137 Saturday 25th February Woke up at 4.00am did the final pack and got ready and we jumped in a taxi at 5.00am to the airport which is about an half hour drive and $58 reals with no traffic. Our flight is with Taca International and was an airbus to Lima on the way we crossed the Atlantic Ocean leaving Rio, over the Andes and then the Pacific Ocean. Lima airport was a little confusing as there were no signs to the domestic airlines, we also had to deal with a new time zone and we had conflicting help on when our plane was leaving. At one point we thought we only had 15 minutes to get to our flight but after going through customs we worked it out and had over an ... read more

Having fallen asleep really early last night, I was one of the first people up and downstairs for breakfast this morning. I hadn't been up for breakfast this early before, and I think it might have upset a few people that their breakfast table was now taken up by me. Nonetheless, I tucked into my bread rolls and jam whilst trying to catch up with what had been going on in the world for the last couple of days. I was soon joined by the Australian couple that I had spoken to yesterday at breakfast, and we began chatting about our adventures and what they had thought of Machu Picchu. It was great to get some advise and tips from people who had just done the trip as I still wasn't quite sure what to expect. ... read more

Having planned to meet up with Tim and Harrison for a few drinks later today, I was keen to try and do some more of Cusco's culture before entering into the alcohol fuelled madness of New Years Eve that would no doubt reign later. My first priority though, was a hearty breakfast to keep myself going. I had bought some eggs yesterday, and once I had manoeuvred myself into the little kitchen alongside Kathy, who was busy serving everybody else breakfast, began cooking them on the small gas stove. It was a pleasant change to be having scrambled egg rather than butter and jam on my rolls, although it did raise a few eyebrows amongst the other guests once I sat down to enjoy them. Once I'd eaten I began the walk into town and my ... read more