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Cuzco - Machupichu Inca Trail! Peru/2009.

Well we knew we couldnt stay here for the rest of our trip, as we have only 17days left, til we fly back grrrr.  Ok i am not looking forward to it, i am loving my time in Peru, Costa rica was fabulous, but Peru is just perfect, and i am gonna miss Cuzco so much, its such a lovely city.  A…

Day 1 Woke up at 4.15am having packed the night before.  We decided to rent backpacks as ours weren't suitable for trekking and didn't want to ruin them! They were both quite heavy as we had to carry sleeping bags and water for the trek.  We were picked up from the hostel at 5.20am bot…

Cusco, which is 11,151 feet above the level of the sea, has allot of diversity, with a European feel. Have lunch on the balcony of one the many resturants overlooking the Main Square and people watch...see the colorful clothing, the school children in their uniforms, the old man on the park bench. Then explore the many Museuems and Grand Churches.

DAY 1 We got back to Cuzco after the Inka Trail and had planned on going out but we were so tired we ended up hitting the sack...after the Hostal bar closed of course, haha. DAY 2 We did some tourist shopping today and arranged to meet the entire group in an Indian Restaraunt later on before hea…

Today it's my birthday but unlike last year in Mexico no one is singin' for me, hahaha. Well I just got some congrats over the phone and by sms :-). I started today with the most exclusive breakfast I can order at Marani Hostel. I planned today just doing nothing but only to find an office where I …

I got up at 7am, actually I woke up at 7, but by the time I woke up it was 8, haha. I slept very well last night, but didn't want to go back to Lima, go back to the real life... well it wouldn't be the real real life, since Eric would stay in town until Tuesday.After taking a shower and packing eve…

Peruvian food has become the new French, Chinese or Italian. A tasty trip to Lima has a very simple recipe: don’t drink the water, lunch at Donofrios, lucuma ice cream anytime, buy hippy trinkets in Barranco, stay at the Ariosto, shop for arts and crafts at the mercaditos in Miraflores, dinner at Rosa Nautica, and an almost historic tour by private cab to the Centro de Lima. If you learn to say pisco sour you will have a great time. Music lovers, find La Peña Don Porfirio.

4:30 came around ridiculously early and it was a good thing I had packed my things the night before because I was almost incoherent.  On top of that it was beastly cold and I had to wait an extra half hour because the taxi that the agency sent got lost (in spite of precise directions).  W…

Guinnea pig, or "cuy", is part of the traditional Andean diet, so on day 2 in Cusco, we decided we needed a peice. We went to a place recommended by the Lonely Planet, with a pretty outdoor patio and the sound of roosters crowing nearby. The tree of us ordered three Guinnea Pig Specials…

Deep fried rodents, bull fights, mountain sickness, coca leaves, Large Pisco Sours and mescaline...aaahhh Peru..

Despite the last few days being the most expensive of our trip so far, it's hard to put a price on seeing Machu Picchu, especially when we got the only sunny day amidst the first rain we've seen for a month. We ended up getting the train from Poroy (as the station in Cusco was blockaded - sound fam…

Well here I am back in Cusco to organise my jungle trip, I´ve spent a lot of time on buses in the last few days but it wasn´t as bad as I thought. After Arequipa I went to Ica and onto Huacachina, I thought it was a strange place. Nothing there but the oasis surrounded by restaurants and hostels,…

Realmente una Maravilla del Mundo!!!!!!!!!!!

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