Blogs from Cusco, Cusco, Cusco, Peru, South America - page 67

first day in Cusco.......... Wandered around the Plaza de Armas, very pretty and all very well maintained - a pleasant change from Bolivia, though a little touristy. Decided to take it easy and save the sightseeing 'til Rob arrived the next day. Settled into an afternoon of scrabble and papaya smoothies in a little bar called 'Los Perros', complete with its own little puppy. second day in Cusco............. Fetched Rob from the airport, took him for a hearty brekkie, took in a few remains of Inca stonework around the centre of Cusco then decided to take it easy and save the sightseeing 'til Rob was over his jet-lag. Back to the scrabble bar (jels is not a word, and that's all we'll say on that matter) where Rob treated the poor budget travellers to a bottle ... read more

Nous voila maintenant a Cuzco, la seule ville d´Amerique qui a constamment ete habitee depuis plusieurs siecles. Cette ville est lotie dans les montagnes et est une petite merveille. La Plaza de Armas est magnifique et la Cathedrale y siege joliment. Il y a tellement de musees et d´ecglises et chappelles a Cuzco qu´on n´a pas eu le temps de tout visiter (et en plus ca peut revenir a cher car il faut payer pour entrer presque partout), sans compter les sites archeologiques un peu tout autour de la ville. Un de ces sites, Saqsaywaman (prononcer "sexy woman"!!) est une merveille pour les fans de vestiges Incas. Cuzco nous fait vraiment plonger au milieu de la culture Inca, tres vivante encore aujourd´hui iet fierte des "cuzquenos" (habitants de Cuzco). Here we are in Cuzco, the only ... read more

Just arrived in Cusco. Found a nice little hostel off the main plaza. So far, it is clean & nice here. Also cold. Had some Coca tea to relax me! It was nice. Have to get some sleep now.... read more

The day after the party, I ended up staying up all night packing for the trip. We then took a 5 hour flight to Miami and then a 7 hour flight to Lima. We spent the night in Lima and caught a 5 am flight to Cusco, which took 2 hours and was scary because the visibility was so bad that the pilot had to make several attempts at landing. Cusco a city nearly 11,000 ft above sea level in the middle of the Andes Mountains and is the closest large city to Machu Picchu and was considered the capital of the Inca Empire until the Spanish conquistadors took over and replaced most of the Inca temples with churches (jerks!). There are some impressive churches that date back to the mid 1500s but the real impressive ... read more

Kate - Our next stop was Cuzco a city in southeastern Peru near the Urubamba valley of the Andes mountain range. It is a gorgeous city surrounded by beautiful mountains and picturesque architecture. The journey from Ica was a long 16 hours but was actually not too bad. We did the over night journey and by the time we had watched a couple of rubbish films on the bus and slept for about 8 hours we had almost arrived. Cuzco really is a beautiful city and we decided to get there a good 3 days before we stared the Inca Trail as the city lies 3380 meters above sea level so you need to have time to acclimatize so that you don´t get hit by any altitude sickness. As soon as we hit the city i ... read more