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South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco » Cusco June 30th 2013

Hopefully I can add a few more photos here. The Internet is pretty slow and very tempermental!... read more
Inca slippery slide
Cuzco monastery
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South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco » Cusco June 30th 2013

Our day in Lima was interesting. One thing we learned is that the people of Peru have to vote in public elections or face a huge fine. That idea might improve voting rates in the USA. The colonial buildings were beautiful but we were more excited to discover a pre Columbian archaeology dig just blocks from our hotel where within the last few weeks they found five more mummies, all young women, who apparently had been sacrificial victims. One of the most unusual places was the catacombs under the cathedral. The bones of 35,000 people are in bins and dry wells. This morning we were up very early to catch the plane to Cuzco. It is located in the top of the Andes mountains at an elevation of 11,000 ft. They pass out cacao leaves at ... read more

South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco » Cusco June 18th 2013

We woke up today ready for a chilled out, relaxing day to re-coup after our last full on days trekking! I actually was surprised how un-sore I was except my calves and knees! I must be getting fitter – yus! But we were both knackered. Thankfully our hotel – Hotel Sol Inka was really quiet and had fantastic showers so at least we were now clean! Unfortunately our room was on the 3rd floor which required climbing up a lot of stairs to get there. You should have seen us after each flight! So out of breath and buggered! Get us out of altitude! We very slowly fell down the stairs to breakfast which was literally in an ice box! We were freeeezing! It wasnt the greatest breakie. A yoghurt drink, some honeydew melon and scrambled ... read more
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South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco » Cusco June 15th 2013

Blog 5th - 15th June 'Misty Machu Picchu' There has only ever been one fixed date in our whole travel itinerary - to make it to Cusco for the 7th June and the start of our Inca Trail with G Adventures. Not wanting to take any chances, we gave ourselves a couple of days breathing space to make the journey up into Peru from Bolivia. Just as well. Sure enough Bolivia waved farewell to us with more road blocks and missed bus connections as parting gifts. Nevertheless we still loved the country. Arriving at 5am into Cusco we made enough noise in hotel reception to wake up our "new long lost" friends who kindly showed us into their room for the night (they had an extra bed). A lot has happened in the last five months ... read more
Cusco
The Team - KM82, Trek Day 1
Top of Dead Woman's Pass, Trek Day 2

South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco » Cusco June 13th 2013

We were awoken by a group of drunks getting home at 5.30am. Whilst I have no problem with fellow hostelers staggering back at all hours, they could at least not sit down right outside our bedroom door and chatter at the top of their lungs. To make matters worse, they were American...typical. Thankfully the 24 hour receptionist moved them on before I started yelling abuse like an old man telling the neighbours' kids to get off the lawn. We rose for breaky at 9am and braved the 'breakfast included' option that our hostel provides. We went for yoghurt, fruit and cereal. 2 out of 3 wasn't bad, except the cereal tasted a bit funny. It filled us up though and at least it was free (have to get something out of this crap hostel). We ventured ... read more
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South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco » Cusco June 12th 2013

We woke up this am by ppl coming back from being out at 4am, running and yelling through the main area of our hostel, which unfortunately we happen to be right beside. Thankfully after shoving my earplugs in even deeper I fell back asleep and woke up at 8am when they open the front door to the hostel and there is no chance of any more sleep. Ben got up really quickly and showered and changed like his life depended on it! He claimed he was really hungry and that cos I had a massive headache from the altitude we should get up and eat then get to a pharmacy to get some altitude pills. I was planning on lying in for a bit but seeing as though he was wanting to help me I obliged, ... read more
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South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco » Cusco June 12th 2013

Not the greatest day. I didn´t feel well. Just a touch of the gastro. Went for a short walk but ended up going back to the hotel and lying down for a few hours. At 3pm the group went down to San Pedro markets. The meat section was pretty horrendous. There was a lot of cows mouths. The front of there mouths were cut off. Lots of heads and testicles also. From the market we went to a place that made silver jewelery. We then went to the Coca mudeum. I went back to the hotel and James went out for some tea with the group... read more

South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco » Cusco June 11th 2013

Olly strikes his cord at 4.21am (cos Rach needed that extra minute) and we stubble out of bed, shove some clothes on for our travel day to Cusco. Our shuttle driver is waiting for us at 4.45am and we head off to the Aeroporto. It was a good idea staying out in Tababela near the airport cos exactly 8 minutes later we had arrived and were strolling into the departures area. We got ourselves checked and went through to security and then onto find some breakfast. Although the Quito International Airport is brand new, they certainly know how to charge exorbitant prices for things. We settled on getting fruit and yogurt, a bagel and couple of coffees for breakfast and we didn't get much change from our last USD$20. It filled us up though and Rach ... read more
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Coffee in a Beer Stein

South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco » Cusco June 6th 2013

Woken early by screaming monkeys outside our room. Left the Lodge at 8am for the 2 hrs canor ride back to Peuto Maldonado. Went back to the centre collected our bags and then caught the plane to Cusco. Had lunch in a place where we tried guinea pig and Alpaca. The Alpaca was good however the guinea pig wasn´t anything great. Went back to the main square where they were having a parade for Corpus Christi. It was very crowded. Lots of bands Its was great to see... read more
Corpus Christi Parade

South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco » Cusco June 4th 2013

In the last two weeks I've been based out of Cusco Peru where I've done some amazing things including; * Trekking the Salkantay trek to Machu Picchu (4 days trekking, then the 5th day at Machui Picchu ) * Exploring Machu Picchu and climbing Waynu Picchu ( that mountain you always see in the background of the Machu Picchu photos.) * Exploring many other Inca ruins around Cusco * Enjoying the many festivals in Cusco Attending a cooking class on how to prepare your own chocolate from scratch, the actual beans. Silly me thought we were just melting chocolate and putting it in moulds, that's how mum taught me to make chocolate! * Trying many of Cusco's vegetarian restaurants with my new found Perth friend, also another public servant on long service leave. (Did I mention ... read more
Salkantay pass
Views along the trek
Machu Picchu




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