Blogs from Cusco, Peru, South America - page 429

¡Hola! from Cusco, Well, it has been a very busy and eventful and exciting first week here in Peru. As many of you were shocked to hear, this is my first trip to a country off the North American continent. There have been some things that I expected, some things that were surprises, some things that take a little getting used to and some things that are just too familiar that I thought I could escape from for a while but cannot. So now that I’ve settled into a bit of a groove here in Cusco, I have finally made the time to get some details of the trip down before they fade away into blurry and scrambled memories. Jake and I arrived at the airport right at the same time; we thought this was a ... read more

Vandringen var totalt 42 km uppdelat paa 4 dagar och 3 naetter. Vi tvaa bodde i ett 3 mans Iglootaelt. Expeditionen bestod av 7 vandrare, 1 engelsktalande guide Walter, 1 kock + 7 porters som bar taelt, mat och koeksutrustning. Porters vaeckte oss med Kokathé kl.05.30 varje morgon. Frukost serverades vid 6 och daa skulle allt vara packat och klart foer dagens vandring. Det var bara att vaenja sig med "naturtoa", typ haal i marken, men vid 2 campsites fanns det riktiga toaletter. Som tur aer har vi rest foerr! Varje dag fick vi stor frukost, (pannkakor, omelett, fruktsallad, choklad, kokathé, musli etc.) Lunchen och middag bestod alltid av supergoda soppor, vitloeksbroed, huvudraett och dessert. Och vi lovar er att maten behoevdes! Kroppen foerbraenner ca 4000 kalorier per dag paa hoeg hoejd (ca 4000meter) bara genom ... read more

Last Thursday we set off to walk the 33km Inca trail which was to lead us to Machu Picchu, the lost city of the Inca's. The 3 of us were the only one's to book with Inka Wasi for this time, so were fortunate to have "personal service" so to speak. We had a guide, a chef and 5 porter's to carry all the gear. We stopped at Ollantaytambo to get supplies, pick up the porters, and buy the last minute essentials for the trail... walking stick, drink bottle holder and coca leaves. The Inca Trail is a branch off the main route which joined Cuzco to Machu Picchu. The whole way is paved with stone and took us across some breathtaking scenery over 4 days. The trail is still used today by local families who ... read more

Today was travel a day. We left our homebase hostel in Cuzco (not sure if I mentioned it, but this hotel (structure) must be at least 600 years old) built on a side of a mountain (as most things are in this region, for lack of flat land) Flight to Lima was smooth and uneventful. As expected Lima was covered in its perpetually gray winter sky. The city is a stark change from Cuzco, which in retrospect has done a very good job in preventing media advertising from being pasted allover its buildings and landscape. Lima seems more like a free for all... a building inspectors nightmare. The hotel we arrived at over booked our group so we ended up migrating to alternate accommodations down the road... was actually much nicer in the Miraflores district. Tomorrow ... read more

¡Hola, mis amigos! In case I haven´t told you as of yet, I am currently in Cuzco, Peru, where I will be spending the entire summer. As with my last trip, I will be sending out periodic updates with pictures and a story or two. Unlike last time, however, I will try to use this free travelblog site to do the dirty work, instead of emailing everyone directly. If it works pretty well, I will continue using this... if there are problems, I will either find another travelblog site or go back to the individual emails. Anyway, for those of you whom I have not spoken with recently, here is the brief account of why I am now in South America: over the past 9 months or so, I have been looking into full-time business schools. ... read more