Hostal Pension Alemana Cusco

... a side. I hadn’t been nervous, just curious, but still felt annoyed by my inadequate Spanish skills, as I only was able to pick up the basics. Which were: I was healthy and would have a healthy life. I would have a good job with a lot of money. I would marry a man with a lot of money. And I would have two children. I remember having been told the same thing with the children once in Japan 13 years ago, but not really any children have manifested themselves since then. I did ...

... it to our hotel a little after noon and had less than an hour before our bus arrived to take us on the City tour. going from sea level to 11,000 feet (and then up higher to see some of the ruins around the city) was challenging but we all made it like troopers, hard to tell if it was altitude or exhaustion! I did finally get a hot shower and slept on a real mattress, I feel like a new woman!

It's strange ...

... flotation device in the plane. I knew I should've told him I have gas problems before he sat down.

After touching down in the high altitude city of Cusco, Rachel said it was hard for her to breathe - I know, I know - after all of these years, I still take her breath away. I still got it!

We were taken to our hostel which was very nice and had a rustic modern feel to it which made it a cool spot to be. Its proceeds went 100% to crippled or abandoned ...

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... it, i canīt bring myself to eat meats other than chicken, pork and beef. Just cant do it. Everyone said it was very salty, and didnt have much meat on it.
We got a briefing on the Inca trail and met our guide Nancy. We were given our duffel bags to pack our stuff in, 6 kilo including sleeping back and matress pad! That doesnt leave much room.. but i managed..all the girls were freaking out that it wasnt enough space for all their stuff. We were told it was going to ...

... Blanca, Samuel (12) Estraci (11) and Christopher (8). We then ate dinner just Rocio and I. We don’t eat with the kids because they cook traditional food that is ******* our stomachs. We had salad, fruit and a Spinach Tortilla - they are a lot thicker than any Tortilla at home. All was very good. Rocio and I had a nice conversation. We are basically the same age and single and we talked about why we ...

... big as a two story house. Occasionally a suspension bridge of sorts or a wire rope with a basket spans the gorge and river.
The early morning sun casts shadows in the valley but lights up the mountain tops and the odd snow capped peak.
The train rattles on slowly with 20 - 40 kph speed limits at times the journey downhill takes an hour and a half.
We arrive at Aguas Calientes and go in search of the Machu Picchu ticket office and then the ...

... Bath of the Incas".
Hotels in
Cusco don't usually have adequate heating systems and don't be
surprised if you are in for a cold shower even when you have the hot
water set at high, but hey, it's all part of the experience.

Back to Cusco for some more sightseeing...
We
toured the Urubamba valley visiting the village of Pisac. The Urubamba
valley offers some stunning views of the peruvian landscape. The
village of Pisac is a ...

... Sagrado de los Incas, and it has a typical Inca architecture: it consists of stone houses and narrow cobbled streets. A huge stone fortress towers over these few houses, and from the very top of it you can see a stunning panorama of the region.

Unfortunately, as I climb up the fortress it starts to rain and the steep steps get slippery ...

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The altitude here was bothering Joyce a bit with her lung problems so we went back to the hotel to let her rest. She had already decide to skip the afternoon tour and it is well she did as there was a good deal of walking, some on an up grade which would have really been bad for her.

I had not planned to do the tour either, but Jim and Carol were telling me it was not just in the downtown area so, at the last minute, I changed my mind ...