El Mariscal Cusco

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... decided to do some local site seeing to one of the more important Inca ruins, Sacsayhuaman (sounds like ´sexy woman´). We hired a local guide who was very sweet, however she was very offended when we asked about the young woman that the Inca used to sacrifice to the gods. The correct phrase is - offered to the gods. The ruler of the Incas was based at this site and used to control the whole of the Inca kingdom using the Inca trails with messengers...that ...

... of possibilities, there’s simply so much to see down here. And the chance to finally become fluent in Spanish is something that I’m having a hard time not wanting to put all of my energy into. I could easily picture living and working here for the better part of the next year, and really becoming a part of some of the local communities down here.

But I digress – and certainly no need to make such decisions right away. For the time being, let’s ...

... As the cloud dispersed and revealed its magic the whole site seemed to blossom, only marred by an ever increasing number of tourists. We went on a trek to the Inka Bridge, a pathway barely a metre wide hugging the sides of the mountain and marveled at how this pathway was constructed. A slip and you were flying for hundreds of metres. Our hands held on tightly to Jody and Niamh.

For a few hours we trekked around the site before the fatigue of ...

... the lunch spot to prepare for us - having left way after us as they had to pack up all our tents and breakfast they must have sped up the mountain! It only took about another hour for us to reach the pass, at 4800m... we had all brought up a small stone with us from the last resting point on Henrys instructions where he explained to us about making an offering to Pacha Mama (Quechua for Mother Earth) with coca leaves and our stones built into a sort of tower. After about ...

... years surprisingly and he had coped the best. He said the some of the porters were still being underpaid by the agencies for the hard work they had to do each day and after 6 years his knees had, had more than enough pounding. At the time people were saying that they had not been able to book the Inca Trail up to 4 months ahead as all the passes had run out given by the government.

We had 5 hours in total to see everything, 2 of which we had on our own to wonder about ...

... 45 miles in total, highest point on the trek was 4600 meters (15,200 feet) and 7-10 hour days of hiking. I was nervous for what laid ahead as I tried to go to sleep with a headache, stomachache, and back pains from Coconut Home Run Derby.
The alarm was set for 4am, with a 4:30am pickup. Of course, our guide forgot to tell us one very important piece of information. Apparently the limit for backpacks is 5 kilos (12 lbs), since there were only two ...

... gibts ca. 6-7
v**schiedene Wege, welche die Inkas für ihre Reise zum Machu Picchu gebrauchten.
D** Salkantay-Trek wird wenig genutzt, da die Wand**ung eben 5 Tage
dau**t.

Es ist v**rückt; d** bekannte (touristische)
Inka-Trail ist bis Ende dieses Jahres ausgebucht, da die Behörden eine
Begrenzung von 200 Trekk**n pro Tag eingeführt haben. Dies vorallem aus dem
Grund, weil d** Weg völlig v**trampelt, v**dreckt und vorallem v**wüstet ...

Hallo!
Das Leben in Cusco ist eher ruhig und beschaulich, abgesehen von der Plaza de Armas und der Hauptstrasse Avenida del Sol. Die Menschen sind freundlich und ueberall werden kleine oder groessere Dienstleistungen angeboten, vom Schuhputzer ueber Massage bis zum Zigarettenverkaufer ist alles vertreten, bis auf sehr wenige Ausnahmen ist aber niemand aufdringlich, ..Gott sei Dank, das kann ich naemlich gar ...

... 8211; including DVDs, backpacks (including imitation), old-fashioned clothes that you wouldn’t want to be caught seen in, shoes, food. We did some haggling and got the prices down as much as we could for our small rucksacks, fake North Face fleece jackets, hiking socks and, of course, a cap as I did not want to make the same mistake again of having another major sun burn. It was a very productive visit and we got most of the stuff ...