Blogs from Cusco, Peru, South America - page 435

In the past six weeks, i have been fortunate to live amidst humanity. People enjoying the simple pleasures in life - family, friends, the day, food, life... It seems, somehow the 1st world nations have lost touch with the truly critical matters of life, love and faith in an all mighty and merciful God. Not the power of the dollar or euro or yen, but the power of good and of love. Amidst all of the povery and suffering, life evolves and blossoms into all which man ascribes and can become - kindness of a street vendor towards and aging man or woman, children walking freely in the city - without the concerns of perversions in the 1st world of developed nations. For twenty three years, i adhered to a great extent to the teachings of ... read more

Cuzco var stedet og maalet var Machu Picchu. Byen ligger 3300 moh, saa det var kaldt naar man kommer fra lavlandet. Cuzco var regnet som hovedstaden i Inca riket og fungerer naa som hovedstad i Peru's turisttrafikk. Pga hoeydeforskjellen er det annbefalt aa vaere et par dager i byen foer man tar fatt paa Inca trailen. Saa den tredje morgenen var vi klare faar aa legge ut paa ferden. Selve Inca Trailen er en 44km lang steinvei laget av Incaene over flere hundre aar. Den begynner utenfor Cuzco og ender i Machu Picchu. Trailen fungerte opprinnelig en pilgrims reise, da Machu Picchu var det religioese hovedsetet i riket. Vi var tilfeldigvis havnet i en gruppe med tre nordmenn, resten av gruppen bestod av to italienere, to amerikanere og en soer-Afrikaner. Turen er lagt opp slik at ... read more

They arrive sharply at 10am, in droves as if locust - departing cusco to aguas calientes at 6am and arriving around 930am... like robots, programed by the locals to get the bus tickett upto machupiccu, get water, get a rain pnocho, check into the hotel - much like disneyland for the affluent - world travelling - bored - middle to old age... we don´t remember days or places perse - it ismore we remember moments in our lives - it does not matter much if the image on paper or magnetic is aestetically acurate or focused or good - it is the moment shared alone with God,with friends or with temporary companions in travel. headed backto cusco and then to either the altiplano - puno or the amazon - puerto maldonado the photographer gets to capture ... read more

I arrived in Cusco at 7 am on Saturday morning from Lima, and my cab from the airport came complete with a tour agent who recommended a hostel with private bath for about $6 a night. It doesn´t have any windows, but the price is great and the guy who runs it is very friendly without being overly attentive, so I´m pretty happy with it. After I checked in, the innkeeper went to make me mate de coca (a tea made with coca leaves that helps prevent altitude sickness) and the tour agent sat me down to plan out my week. It was about 7:30 in the morning, and I´d been up since four, so I was in no mood to argue with her. I let her give me a plan and her agency´s prices, and ... read more

S 13º 30.471 / W 071º 58.834 A MA LU YA - DO NOT LIE A MA SU WA - DO NOT STEAL A MA QUELLA - DO NOT BE LAZY However phoenitically incorrect, and my appologies to those fluent in quechua - these are the three sacred words passed down from the Inca to the people of the TAHUANTINSUYO... The greatest and oldest empire, developed in the American continent and that had the city of Cusco as its headquarters, goes back to the year 1200 A.C. The word Tawantinsuyo comes from a name composed by two Quechua terms: Tawa, which means four; and Suyo, which means State. The territory area of the Empire was enormous, it occupied over 3'000,000 Km2 and it also encompassed 5000 km (3,107 miles) of coast over the Pacific Ocean, which ... read more