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South America » Peru » Apurímac » Abancay May 20th 2008

We arrived in Arequipa from Lima on Friday morning, around 10:30. We took the economical bus, which was the wrong choice. Cruz del Sur has three levels of comfort : luxury, ideal and economical. We opted for the cheapest and were rewarded with a 16 hour bus ride with no bathroom. We did stop one time around 2 am at some random little Pervuian bus stop with bathrooms and what appeared to be a dog kennel. With around 3 hours left in the trip vendors were allowed on to sell completely random products. I had no problem with them peddling the buses for cash but the volume with which they yelled at us was offensive. The take home story is this: when traveling long distances via Cruz del Sur, don´t go economical. Ok, so dispite the ... read more

South America » Peru » Apurímac » Abancay January 29th 2008

So to continue on our journey through Peru, we left Lima and went on our way to Huancayo, in the Central Highlands. ARGH! We're stuck! We've managed to get about 300 miles (as the crow flies, but the roads aren't exactly straight around these parts!) in the last 9 days since we left Lima. The trip to Huancayo was fair enough, but every leg from there on through the central highlands of the Peruvian Andes has been a bit of an experience. Today we find ourselves kicked off our bus in a tiny town called Abancay, with nothing to do but look out at the daily downpour and write another blog. Apparently our onward bus to Cuzco was overbooked, and as we didn't have actual paper tickets, we lost out. Next available bus... 6am mañana. The ... read more
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