Cusco Cathedral

Eindelijk!!! De mooie stad waarop we zo lang hebben moeten wachten in Peru gevonden: Cuzco!

Omdat het van onze vorige bestemming naar Cuzco erg lang zou duren, maakten we een tussenstop. Het was enorm uitputtend om van Ayacucho over Andahuaylas naar Cuzco te geraken. We reden tussen bergen, naast ravijnen, op onverharde wegen, vol …

Meer dan tien dagen zijn Joyce, Melissa (uit Ierland die we nog kennen uit Samaipata) en ik in Cusco en het is hier geweldig! De stad zelf is erg prettig. Mooie pleinen, kerken, koloniale huizen, schoon (voor Zuid-Amerikaanse begrippen) een actief nachtleven, prettig klimaat (warm en zonnig overdag en koud 's nachts), een hoop toeristen …

And we are back in Cusco for a day before heading to Bolivia.

After a good flight back to Cuzco (although it was delayed) we were met by the driver from our Hostel and quickly taken to the taxi. Here is where it got wierd. He left us to wait for other people whose plane had been delayed and was supposed to arrive about an hour before ours …

As Stacey is only in Peru for a week we decided to head over to Cusco and see some inca ruins with her. To make the most of our time there we caught a flight at 8am which meant we had to be up at 5am to get to the airport! We arrived at our lodging around 10.20am and as we are here for a while spent some time sorting out our bags. With the laundry …

We caught the direct bus from Puno to Cusco, because the next day we were flying to Lima and then to Buenos Aires that night.
The bus was great, we had full carma which is full lay down beds and we could sleep. I watched a movie - Mr Poppers Penguins and all the scenery go past. We went back on the same route that we came out on, but this time …

Last Stop: Cuzco

Both before and after our Inca Trail experience Jon and I spent time exploring Cuzco, the Imperial City of the Incas. Cuzco is a relatively small city nestled in a valley. The city's red- rown roofs offer a nice contrast to the greenery of the surrounding mountains. Our very cute hotel was located in the neighborhood of …

Another long journey but we arrived safe and sound in Cusco on Friday. We had to change busses along the way in Puno and there was a festival going on there, so the busstation was frantic. We arrived to Cusco very early in the morning again... And had to wait to get into our room. So off we went on a walk around town.

Cusco is a very …

We decide not to spend a night in Puno and head directly yo Cusco. Arriving at 4h in the morning, we take the first available hotel. Our choice is called Tinkuy Wasi Hostal. Five minutes walk for the main plaza, this hostel has a very good location, but it's rather expensive for what it's proposing. It doesn't matter as Cusco is way too charming to …

Cusco ist die aelteste, durchgehend besiedelte Stadt in ganz (!!) Amerika. Und man kann wirklich behaupten, dass es die Hochburg der Inkas war. Diese Stadt ist einfach wundervoll, wir haben selten so eine authentische und romantische Stadt gesehen. Keine Hochhaeuser, lauter nette kleine Gassen. Am Abend ist die Stadt, welche von Bergen umgeben ist …

Heute ist Johannes in Cusco angekommen und wir haben gleich den ganzen Tag die Stadt erkundet. Es gab leckeres Frühstück im Jacks Café, eine Besichtigung der Kathedrale, eine Stadtrundfahrt und ein Besuch auf dem San Pedro Markt. Ein toller und erlebnisreicher Tag, aber schaut selbst....

... Spanish and his mother was a direct Incan decendant.  He lived through the 1950 earthquake and helped rebuild the cathedral damage.  He was born in Cusco and has never left. Although pretty small, he looked tough as nails.  This has to be ...

... squares that I visited in Mexico.  I took a bunch of photos right at sunset so the lighting is perfect on cathedral façade. Absolutely beautiful. For dinner, I walked up the staircases up to Plaza San Cristobal and tried some ...

... like they were going to pass out.  They all lapped the plaza, again accompanied by a brass band each, and then went into the Cathedral where they supposedly sit for 8 days.  As we found out this didn’t seem to be a set timeline as we saw ...

...  got out to Machu Picchu and I expect some may have missed it altogether if they had no flexibility. Today we visited another cathedral, built on top of Inca ruins, then hit McDonalds again - I had the local version "The McNifico" (pictured) - ...

... Santa Domingo convent - This is part of the City Ticket which is valid for 10 days but churches are not included. The main cathedral was huge and very ornate. We then went out of town to the ruins for Sacsayhuaman, Tambo Machay, Qenko and ...

... are built on, so you can wander up, and it is a very pretty city to look down over. Walk north of the main cathedral, eventually succumbing to one of the street postcard sellers, and then back down past various churches and monuments in this pretty ...

... . Made sure we got EVERYTHING written down for the whole trip which was referred to more than once later! Then into the cathedral which was very gold and free before 10am! (not the gold sadly) Then had a lovely breakfast on a balcony overlooking the ...

Today was pretty relaxing. It's a Sunday so not much was open. But churches were! We went to the Cathedral and had a look around. Very ornate, lots of silver and gold, a little much. But pretty. We walked around the town a little and took some ...

... heard back from him, but assuming all will be ok. Spent the day visiting the Folklore Museum and did a tour of San Francisco Cathedral - climbed to the top of the bell tour. Also bought a pair of sunglasses for 20 boliviano...my third pair since arriving ...

... they look at what the kid has got. Other kids (as young as 3 or 4) are setting them off everywhere outside the cathedral, the police occasionally tell people off when they nearly get a foreigner, they seem to be very protective of foreigners making this ...