Maison de la jeunesse Cusco

... a bus from Calle Grau for 3 soles each and after 2 hours, got off at Urubama. Here, we took a colectivo (30 min) to Ollantaytambo for 1.2 soles and arrived before the tour groups. There were plenty of festivities. Singing, dancing and music to start the holidays. Had lunch at a nice restaurant on the plaza although the wind picked up and the blowing dust was unvbearable. The ruins are lovely and interesting and I spent the next hour touring ...

... use of the pool but it was a bit chilly for me. We were shown our accommodation, which was basically a cane hut with a mud floor and 4 beds in it - when we had booked the tour we were shown pictures of a private room with its own bathroom but apparently there had been 'some confusion'. We had to share with the other couple on the trip, which was kind of weird. Not as weird as for her I suppose, since it was her birthday. Lucky her getting to share with us.... After a ...

... Sexy women. The latter was not completed as the Spanish called a halt to all future building works upon their arrival.

We then ventured into the city which although once was the Inca capital is now predominately Hispanic in religion and architecture. We visited the main square, cathedral and various other churches some of which had used the original Inca buildings as their foundations. You ...

... an idiotic guide for Chachani, we spent quite a bit of time going around tour companies to make sure we didn't get landed with another idiot. Thankfully, this time our endeavours paid off and we found a fantastic company owned by a top bloke called Arturo who took a bit of a shine to Louise! We were to get Arturo's top guide, called Herber, who over the trip proved to be superb.

With the trip booked ...

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David Ramos, our guide, brought along his Peruvian flute today and played for us at the bottom of the main circular terrace. We sat on the ground, I closed my eyes and listened to each note as it slowly joined the still wind. I was hoping that I would feel some of the earth energy this area is known for. I was focused and relaxed. At one point Harvey moved from the side where he ...

... by three young Peru Rail employees who served us our meals and as well, paraded down the aisle wearing very nice hand knitted alpaca wool sweaters plus other Peruvian clothes, all for sale. At one point, one of them came down the aisle wearing a mask and a costume and going about at the sound of the music. I don't know what it represented but it was fun watching them.

It was 8:30PM ...

... will I feel the acclimatization effect or will I simply be fine? Having read so many horror stories about it, I can tell you that some of them really scares the hell out of you. I tried not to show Mi my anxiousness because he himself was quite confident that everything would be fine. But that's not the way I felt. Would I simply drop dead once the doors are opened?

As the pilot started making ...