Blogs from Peru, South America - page 1160

Today we visited Sacsayhuaman, the mightiest fortress of the Inca. Predictably, however, noone has the faintest idea who built it, when, why, or any of those trivialities. But they do know that it was the site of the climax of the great rebellion of the double hard Inca himself, Manco. HAving besieged Cusco and its force of some 190 spaniards with a mere 100-200,000 warriors Manco had setabout burning the place, forcing the Spanishout of outlying regions and generally causing havoc. The headquarters of the Inca forces were in Sacsayhuaman, so the Spanish attacked it with 50 horsemen and a load of native auxilliaries. THe fortress features three massive tiers of rock walls surmounted by two (now missing) huge towers. It was almost impenetrable, and an attempt to force the main gate was foiled largely because ... read more

9:15 am LIMA(2:15 am France, 3:15 am Romania) Buenos dias! Somos en Lima! Am ajuns cu bine ieri dupa-amiaza si dupa 10 ore de somn ne pregatim sa iesim in oras. Abia asteptam! ;-) Mai multe detalii deseara sau maine dimineatza. Chao! ------------------ Nous Sommes arrives hier apres-midi et apres un bon sommeil de 10 heures nous nous preparons pour sortir en ville. Nous sommes impatients de nous retrouver dehors! ;-) Plus de details ce soir ou demain matin. Chao! ... read more

From Copacabana I caught the bus over the border to Puno. No dramas in immigration but our bus decided to break down on the other side of the border and we had to join another bus. Unfortunately, they miscalculated the numbers and, me being the last person, I was left without a seat. Inventive souls those Peruvians, solved this problem by puttiing a wooden kids seat in the isle, right at the front. This gained a lot of laughter and, once again, I became the subject of many photo's. The following morning I went to visit the floating reed islands of Puno. The 'Uros' people of Lake Titicaca live on these islands formed from compacted beds of totora reeds that are constantly topped up. It's a rather odd experience walking on the islands because the reeds ... read more

Had a 14 hour drive the next day into Peru. In that time the landscape changes so much - from being able to see the volcano in all its glory, snow capped and smoking, amongst verdant montains, then to wend our way down massive valleys where the clouds were below us, to humid plantations of bananas for miles upon miles, through the Peruvian border control (lots of officials in a hut) and then into Peru where we immediately came to a coastal desert with nothing but scrub as far as the eye could see, lit up to pink and red by the sunset. We are staying for three days on the beach, near to a town called Mancora. It is absolutely scorchio and I got absolutely burnt, UK tourist style today. Tomorrow we have an early ... read more

Sikeresen megerkeztem Limaba, eltekintve attol, hogy a buszon felejtettem a meregdraga esokabatomat es helyben vasarolt remek szalmakalapomat. Mellesleg elobbit pont azert vittem fel, nehogy kiemeljek a hatizsakbol. A busztarsasagnal a helyi hotelbeli Dominik lelkes kozremukodesevel sem sikerult megtudni semmi erdemit a busz beerkezese utan egy oraval. Meglatjuk, hogy a nemet biztositas ved-e hulyeseg ellen is... De legalabb kiderult, hogy az a taxiut, ami a spanyol Marcusnak 15 helyi egyseg volt, 4 gringonak ma 16, az helyinek 7. (Itt nincs taxiora, hanem elore megegyezett ar van.)... read more