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After spending one day in Cusco, we departed towards Ollantaytambo. Before departing the hotel, we met another local tour guide for the day. We boarded our bus with our day packs, and duffels towards Ollantaytambo. Our guide talked a lot of the drive about the different places we were passing. We also stopped at a few different Incan ruins on the way. In Incan times, the royal family was very seperate from the army so you could see at many of the ruins the seperation. Our local guide also talked about the Incan baths. Incans only bathed a few times a year. Water still runs in many of the baths, and it was as cold as glacier water. Must be the reason for never bathing. The baths were suppose to be a sacred event to help ... read more

I´ll try to finish up Lake Titikaka quickly. Dinner was amazing. Gladys spoke maybe 20 words of English, Spanish, and their local language. Her neice spoke a little bit of Spanish as well. Between Lisa and I, we used French (some of the words are similar), our limited knowledge of Spanish, and Enlgish to communicate with Gladys and her neice. We were able to talk about the sports we play, our age, and where we were from. Our dinner consisted of a vegetable soup with potatoes, and a rice dish with more potatoes and vegetables. Both were really good. Our local tour guide gave us a sheet with a few words in english, spanish and their local language. We made an attempt to Gladys that the meal was really good in their native language, but I ... read more

Peru is so much fun. I am so exhuasted that I can´t even remember what trip details I gave last time. Hopefully I don´t bore anyone who might be reading this. We had a slow moving morning on Saturday. Walked out with cameras, the hostel address (per advice of fellower travelers) and a small amount of money. It´s amazing being able to walk out of your hostel and see the ocean. Unfortunately the weather is cloudy and hazy now. We left in search for breakfast having no idea where a cafe would be. We wondered along the clifs of Barranco for a while. Our initial idea was to eat at the cafe´s along the beach, but it looked as if they were all closed. Evenutally we turned east and found a main road to walk along, ... read more

June 4th 5:05 PM Update: Still at work. Not done working. Have not packed. Dog still at home. Doorknob needs to be fixed. British phone doesn't work. No sols. Long night ahead. Flight leaves at 11:05 am from Denver to Atlanta. Next flight leaves sometime an hourish after that to Lima. Arrive Lima around 11pm. Hope the hostel picks me up. ~Brittany... read more