Blogs from Cusco, Cusco, Cusco, Peru, South America - page 54

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En route pour la capitale péruvienne, Lima, nous faisons escale à Santiago du Chili pour quelques heures. Nos yeux sont encore tout éblouis par la magnifique vue que nous avions de notre hublot sur les pics enneigés de la Cordillère des Andes avant notre atterrissage... A notre arrivée sur Lima, la vue de notre hublot n'est plus tout aussi fantastique... on se croirait en plein désert ! Les toits des maisons sont recouverts d'une épaisse couche brunâtre et il y a tellement de poussière au sein de l'aéroport que je suis obligée de me recouvrir le visage pour respirer plus facilement. Et oui, j'étais très loin de me douter que Lima, ville-capitale de huit millions d´habitants, est considérée comme étant la ville la plus étendue sur un désert de toute la planète, même avant Le Caire ... read more

We were picked up from Cusco, the belly button or center of the Inca world. We each had an allowance of a five kg kit bag, to be carried by the porters stuffed with sleeping bag and a few changes of clothes. I also took a back pack with about seven kg of stuff that I thought I would need including I-pod, plastic mac, firstaid kit, energy bars and perhaps the most valuable of comodities on the trail - toilet paper. The Inca trail starts after a day visiting some other important Inca ruins, including Sacsayhuaman which overlooks Cusco itself and a night in a small village near the first Inca trail check point. We have to show our tickets and passports as tourism on the Inca trail is controlled to help preserve them. Our guide, ... read more

arrived in cusco and again found really nice hostal, built on inca foundations up on the hill through a cobbled steet and passed the famous wall. this was the best thing about cusco for me, i probably shouldnt have bothered with it. sorry if that sounds ungrateful but it was awful. there are more tourists than locals there, and most of them are just on holidays, getting in the way and walking really slowly. it is extremely expensive, you pay the same prices in europe for food and restaurants, i couldnt even afford to buy food in the supermarket so i had to go to the market everyday, which is fine, there are less gringos in there. all the shops sell ridiculous things like silver photo frames and over priced souvenirs, nearly every shop has a ... read more

One more update from Cuzco... My ankle is OK. Although I can still feel it a little bit, but the bruise and the swelling are going down. Last couple of days we've spend very relaxing. Just went for some walks around town... it is getting easier and easier to walk with every day we're spending here. OUr bodies are getting used to the altitude and we no longer run out of breath after 10 steps up the stairs (now it's after 20...) ... read more