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Travel Blogs from Cusco, Peru, Peru
Donīt rely on technology....(17-22 October 2010)
This is a top pick! ... really had no idea how many people would come. The SAE was set up 33 years ago and has clubhouses in Quinto, Equator, Lima, Peru and Buenos Aires. As a special offer SAE were offering half price membership and 2 for 1. We had prepared a punch and cookies ...
Cusco, Cusquenans and Cusquena
This is a top pick! ... (Iīm so glad I decided to pack that, thanks to April for her travel tip of taking it with me!) Now itīs time to leave Peru and move on, I've opted with going north into Ecuador on the basis that itīs warmer than going south and I am yet to start ...
Back in Cusco (Machu Picchu story)
This is a top pick! ... put you on the TRAIN. Back to Ollyuntumbo and on the bikes again for a fast ride through the mountains and back to Cusco - finally arriving after dark. I promise to update with photo's of Macchu Picchu, but I have attached a few from my pocket ...
1st week continued....Day 5 & 6
This is a top pick! ... it has a computer and internet. The great thing about the lounge which houses the PC is the fantastic panoramic view of Cusco at night - it`s amazing, with twinkly lights lighting up the surrounding hillls that overlook the city. Weds 15th Sept San Blas ...
Day in Cusco
This is a top pick! Wow! we spent today in Cusco walking around the Plaza De Armas, surrounded by 4 cathedrals and some amazing architecture. To our delight, there was the first McDonalds we have seen on the trip, so we stopped in for lunch before visiting the ...
iīve just met a life-sized paddington bear!
This is a top pick! ... . The flight flew over the andes and we were really close to them so had fantastic views of snow covered mountains. Finally arrived in Cusco around 0930 local time. Luggage all ok and my coordinator Jess was there to meet me on what has turned out to be a ...
Jungle Sam and life without electricity for 2 day!
This is a top pick! ... see if the town develops much over the years as the road links improve, especially the new bridge that is being built to link Peru and Brazil. We then headed back to the office and the other tourists were arriving. Marco didnīt come with he was heading ...
Sacred Valley Tour....
This is a top pick! ... the English guy IĻd met the week before. He was with the group from `Gap Year for Grown Ups` that he`d been travelling around Peru with, he was heading off to Argentina the next day. He is going to be in Thailand the same time as me next year so ...
Cuzco
This is a top pick! ... for months causing them to close Machu Picchu for two months as well as massive rock and mud slides all over the south of Peru. The powers that be got together and decided they needed a miracle to stop the rain so they brought out the Lord of the ...
Last few days in Peru
This is a top pick! Ho K So after returning from our trek i woke in the night with a fever and stomach cramps....guessing it was something i ate. So i spent the next full day and night led in bed resting up. All better now, but i will take this chance to tell ...
Jungle Sam Part 2
This is a top pick! ... of the mountain and down again without any major catastrophes....and eventually got back to Cusco after 9am, I was shattered. But how mad to have gone from 35 degree heat to below zero and snow in a matter of a couple of hours - but that's Peru for you!!! ...
Back in Cusco
This is a top pick! ... only just made it back to town before dark. That night we took Lucy and Donn to what was fast becoming our local pizzeria in Cusco (3rd time for us!). May sound excessive but it does the best pizza we’ve found on our trip. Think they liked ...
How astrocartography could change my life!!!!
This is a top pick! ... a place of conflict and frustration, which I actually think is true to a point. I am enjoying the whole experience, but I could never live in Peru, its definitely not the place for me to live, work or find love. But it is amazing to think I am here, the ...
Cusco - Day 2
This is a top pick! ... Oh, and for those that remember the "white" and "brown" price discrepancy I found in Guatemala and Honduras, it's alive and well in Peru. Our bus tickets to Machu Picchu - $65. Locals who bought tickets right before us - $11. But I guess that's the ...
Cusco City Tour
This is a top pick! ... Art Museum. This place is filled with priceless aritifacts from all the different cultures that developed up and down Peru. Some notable culture include Inca, Chimu, Nazca etc. The artifacts are mostly pottery with beautiful painting and carvings ...
Cusco - Last Day
This is a top pick! ... I couldn't have expected to escape the epidemic on wheels unscathed. So today we decided to take it easy and stroll around Cusco. It was a gorgeous day. And since the busses, trains, and taxis didn't run yesterday, the air was clean and the view ...
Weekend sightseeing and managing to avoid the rain
This is a top pick! ... I got back what miserable weather weīve had of late reminds me too much of home. Itīs supposed to be spring/summer in Peru...but I actually think the winter is the best time to come when it might be cooler but it doesnīt rain, I hate ...
Welcome the the Inca Capital
This is a top pick! Okay...... After one and half day of long traveling, I am ready for some sight seeing. This morning I woke up around 8 am, ate a quick breakfast and fell back asleep until the hotel manage woke me up that my ride is here. On the flight to Cuzco I ...
London to Cusco
This is a top pick! I have arrived in Cusco, Peru After a very long trip getting to Lima which I think took about 24 hours all in all, and a short overnight stop in a hostel in Lima, I am now in Cusco, 3400m high up in the Andes and freezing!!! As Iīm ...
Cusco and Maccu Picchu
This is a top pick! ... jaw droppingly beautiful journey! Santa Teresa is a tiny village on the Rio Urumbamba at the far end of the train track from Cusco. The original village was built right on the rivers edge but a few years ago it was completely destroyed and washed away ...
Cusco - Alpachas, Lamas and Wonderful Clothing
This is a top pick! ... churches. A bit of a walk around to orientate ourselves and for Cynthia to give us her history spiel... she sooooo loves Peru and it's history... lucky shes so cute or shed be boring..hee... Then into a restaurant for a very late ...
Through Hell to Cusco
This is a top pick! ... And hats. But somehow Bev and I managed to stay good sports about it the whole time. Very fortunate. We made it into Cusco a little before 5:00 this evening. Cusco is the capital of the ancient Inca world. It's fantastic. The scenery coming in was ...
Captivating Cusco
This is a top pick! ... one of the stupidest things we could have done…instead of considering that there may be other airlines in Peru, we looked at Lima to Cusco, saw that there were flights and instead of taking the refund they eventually offered to me and starting from ...
This old mountain
This is a top pick! ... have a picnic lunch. Then we walked up to the sungate and enjoyed the scenery there. This was my last full day in Peru and of my trip, and I felt really happy that it had ended on a high note. We made it back to the hostel quite ...
Mighy Incas & Their Descendents the Super Porters
This is a top pick! ... But Machu Picchu lay undiscovered until the early 1900s when a young American man named Hiram Bingham fell in love with Peru and explored Inca civilisations a little more. Like most important discoveries, he stumbled on Machu Picchu when he was looking ...
Ancient Capital of the Incas
This is a top pick! ... ate in Arequipa. I eat some beef kebabs with tatties and veg, and its a long time since Iīve eaten such tough meat. Maybe Peru canīt raise cattle like the Chileans or Argentinians, and Iīm actually eating camelid? We decide its not bad enough to bother ...
Inca trails and Spanish tales (part 1)
This is a top pick! ... houses in Cusco. The shape represents the teeth of a puma with 22 zigzagging walls and the site is used for the annual Inti Raymi celebrations. (Cusco was originally designed in the shape of a puma with Saqsaywaman forming the puma's head). ...
Made it to Cusco
This is a top pick! ... to get simply stunning, with deep valleys and rivers, along with winding roads, which were just fun to ride. We arrived at Cusco late afternoon and headed to the "Fallen Angel" for dinner. This is a funky restaurant with tables made from bathtubs ...
Cusco again due to strike / Leg healing nicely
This is a top pick! ... (strike is over) and heading to Aguas Caliente overnight and then up to Machu Picchu at around 5am to beat the crowded train from Cusco. I am told there is no internet in Aguas Caliente so I will update when we get back to Cusco the next day, ...
Now in Cuzco
This is a top pick! Ello! Just before leaving Lima we enjoyed some good chicken, some cocktails and a windowless taxi ride home!! managed to sort out a bus to Cuzco, and were told it was going to be 23 hours, thought this was a bit much as the first bus company could ...