Blogs from Cusco, Cusco, Cusco, Peru, South America - page 18

Hello! Wow what an amazing week! Dave and I split up to see Machu Pichu, the Inka ruins, in different ways. So we now have different stories to tell! We are learning lots about the ancient civilizations in Peru and other regions through the museums and our tour guides at the top of Machu Pichu. In part of our amazing journey, was an interesting visit to both our intestines, of travelers diarrhea (from local bacteria! yay!), both of which are better now. Nothing like really appreciating a nice solid bowel movement after you experience the Machu poo poo! Haha! This is what makes the adventure so much more magical. Appreciating the small things....like everyday things. Much love from Peru! Enjoy the pics! T I Hiked the Salkantay Trail to Machu Picchu, a grueling 5 day, 87 ... read more

Peruvians really know how to party. Mostly, they just like to party. Especially in Cusco; where every age is involved; on the streets, in a club, in your house, in one bottle or in many cups. The dancing and the toasts must never stop; not until the morning sun calls everyone back to their working reality. Even then, it is possible that the party may continue for another day. ... read more

More photos of the Fairplay school and around Cusco. We also went on a day trip to a salinero, or salt mine, and to the ruins at Moray. At the salinero, there is a salt water stream that comes from the mountain. They collect the water in little square pools and allow it to evaporate. From the dry pools they harvest the salt. The ruins at Moray are about 500 years old. It is made up of many round terraces about 5 feet high. They were part of an agricultural experiment where they would grow crops on each of the different terraces. Each terrace had a particular soil and temperature. Now it's just a tourist hotspot. This week we have practice Spanish "lessons" where we go around to the various museums with the profesoras. They will ... read more

Greetings friends and fam, Yesterday was our first full day in Cusco and it was unreal. The city is very colorful and vibrant. We live on the outskirts of the city, in the hills. We have a beautiful view of the city and the mountains from our rooms and roof. We start everyday with breakfast, usually composed of bread & jelly with avacados and eggs. It's delicious. Lunch, if we eat with our family, is always started with a bowl of soup, followed by rice, chicken and a vegetable. Again, always very good. Dinner is usually the same as lunch so we're starting to eat one meal out. Meals are very cheap here. We can get a meal at the market for 3 or 4 soles, which is like a $1.50 US. If we decide to ... read more

Hola! We´ve made it safely. At least Nic, Robbie and I have. We´re still waiting on Zach & Tony. We traveled around 30 hours in total. Our 12 hour layover in Miami was very nice. Super hot, but we spent it with Nic´s sister and on South Beach, so no complaints. We had awesome Colombian food for lunch and debated just staying there until June but decided to continue on to Peru. I definitely want to spend more time there someday. Lima was nice, it was more European that I thought it would be. Also more diverse than I expected. We had a 4 hour layover there and finally got a flight to Cusco on Peruvian Airlines which was by far the best plane ride of the trip. After arriving in Cusco we went to meet ... read more