Blogs from Cusco, Cusco, Cusco, Peru, South America - page 61

Dag allemaal, in Cusco hebben we aantal nachten doorgebracht in hostel Pirwa.Dit hostel zit aan de rand van het centrum van Cusco.Na die aantal nachten zouden we beginnen aan de befaamde Incatrail. We waren die dag vroeg aangekomen dus we gingen even naar Dos Manos,waar we de Incatrail hadden geboekt via internet(februari 2008).We wilden even een bevestiging of alles in orde was...Maar toen kregen we te horen dat we niet op de lijst stonden van de Incatrail op 31 juli 2008!Dat vonden we natuurlijk heel erg vreemd want we hadden via internet bericht gekregen dat alles voor elkaar was en we hadden een aanbetaling gedaan.Ze hadden wel onze paspoort gegevens maar er was niet door de medewerker doorgegeven dat er 2 nieuwe mensen waren voor de Incatrail.Die mederwerker is letterlijk en figuurlijk een Belg!!Maar die Belg ... read more

On our way back to Cusco we stopped at Chinchero. The town was included on our sacred valley tour but we did not get to go to it because we got off at Ollantaytambo to catch our train to Machu Pichu. We walked through a locals market, which was really interesting. Kate got hassled AGAIN by little kids wanting to sell tacky fake lama beanies with lama patterns on them. She was always attracting people to hassle her for some reason. At one point in Cusco some little kid ended up telling her she was a stupid bitch, when she walked away from his finger puppets. I was really shocked. No one had said anything even close to that abusive to me before. We walked around the Inca ruins outside of town, but they paled in ... read more

Hola!! So we´re still in Cusco at the moment. This would have to be my most favourite place in the world at the moment!! It has cobble stone streets everywhere (with lots of huge hills I might add!!). There is Inca stone in every inch of the place. I am - in a slightly twisted way - lucky that I got sick in Cusco, as I had to spend the time whilst Nick was doing the Inca Trail, here. I now consider myself Peruvian and a local of Cusco - I wish!! I cannot tell you how beautiful the people are here. When I was sick the hotel staff were so concerned. And still now that I have recovered from the altitude, they still ask of my health. Nick not only conquered the Inca Trail - ... read more

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So we´re back in peru after a very interesting journey from La Paz, stayed in the Loki hostal which is infamous among travellers, real duvets and hot showers!!! Was immense, bt its a party hostel, and the 7am bus to Peru was a chalenge to say the least... 14 hours... 3 stops (serious leg crossage was needed) and alot of confusion at the border all with a bitch of a hangover meant that we arrived in Cusco disgruntled and ready to collapse. Cusco, however, is amazing!!! Its arguably the most gringoey city in South America, but deservedly so! The architecture is incredible, everywhere you look theres somehting amazing, add to that the neverending supply of english pubs, people and products and its like, indescribable! I can imagine that if you hadnt been travelling for too long ... read more