Cusco, Peru Travel Blogs

Back in Cusco (Machu Picchu story)
May 23, 2009 (6 photos)

... 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 cam. ...

Cusco - Alpachas, Lamas and Wonderful Clothing
Sep 3, 2008 (13 photos)

... whistle at our car for breaking the strike (I found out later that whistling like this is equivalent to our booing). Cusco was bigger than I'd imagined and the old city is lovely with the main square filled by 3 gorgeous churches. A ...

Day in Cusco
May 20, 2009 (4 photos)

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 ...

Last few days in Peru
Jun 25, 2008 (2 photos)

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 ...

Cusco - Day 2
Mar 14, 2005 (4 photos)

... 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 way ...

Cusco City Tour
Aug 4, 2008 (8 photos)

... 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
Mar 17, 2005 (11 photos)

... 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 ...

Welcome the the Inca Capital
Aug 3, 2008 (6 photos)

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 ...

Cusco and Maccu Picchu
Aug 4, 2005 (59 photos)

... 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 by ...

Through Hell to Cusco
Mar 13, 2005 (5 photos)

... 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 ...

Made it to Cusco
May 18, 2009 (3 photos)

... 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 ...

Ancient Capital of the Incas
Apr 25, 2006 (10 photos)

... with a vastly inflated price. Here are some of the financial facts (all for return journey): - Cheapest possible train ticket Cusco to Agua Calientes: USD$68 (GBP40.00) - Cheapest possible train ticket Ollantaytambo to Agua Calientes: USD$44 (GBP25 ...

Cusco again due to strike / Leg healing nicely
May 20, 2009 (3 photos)

... (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, unless ...

Now in Cuzco
Jun 17, 2008

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 ...

Cusco - Day 3
Mar 15, 2005 (10 photos)

... to some Inca ruins and looked down onto the city of Cusco. Lovely. We also saw the 20 foot Jesus statue that watches over Cusco, a little like Rio. Tomorrow we're getting out of Cusco and taking a day trip to Pisac. It's the other cultural center of ...

Walking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
Nov 25, 2006 (30 photos)

... . We were eight in total - Alex and I, plus... Ada and Hedda, two Estonian girls doing some volunteer work with children in Cusco before they start university next year. Estonia seems to be a really nice place and meeting/talking to Ada and Hedda has ...

Ollantaytambu, Macchu Picchu, and a needed break
Nov 27, 2007 (20 photos)

... we followed. The insuing overnight bus trip took us 18 hrs in total and climbed some 13,000 feet into the Andes. Cusco is in a cold, touristy, glamorous, high up and surrounded by jungle. We immediatly reacted to the contrast to Pisco. Rarely have ...

WE MADE IT!! A day at Machu Picchu then itīs Cusco
Mar 12, 2009 (76 photos)

Inca Trail Day Four Day 4: Wiņay Huayna - Machu Picchu - Cusco (B) After breakfast, have a very early start to arrive in time for sunrise at Machu Picchu. After a one hour walk through the forest towards the Inti Punku or Gate of the Sun, also known as ...

Back in a relaxing state in Cusco
Mar 13, 2009

O-oh - Friday the Thirteenth!! As you can imagine, today was an open day after the last four days on the Inca Trail. After a good lie in and a late breakfast, we handed some laundry in and got as many photo's uploaded as possible - of the Inca Trail ...

Lares Trek day 1
Aug 4, 2008 (6 photos)

... 10500 feet and our campsite Wakawasi has 12460 feet. That is HIGH !!!  Good thing is I am already quite acclimatized at Cusco for two days plus I took my Acetazolamide pills to help out. The up hill trek was quite strenous full of dirt/rocks/pebbles ...

Lares Trek day 2
Aug 5, 2008 (13 photos)

August 5, Day 2 of my trek. After surviving the longest night ever, I woke up around 6 am finding everying around my campsite frozen solid and covered in frost.   Burrrr. That was a cold night. After packing my things away, I walked into the ...

Itīs on the old side...
Aug 8, 2005 (9 photos)

... around with a few fellow travellers we met on the way down through Ecuador and we have all been excited about Cuscoīs culinary possibilities. It's a great place just to hang around "acclimatising" (again it's over 3300m) and indulging in western delights. ...

Altitude and Alcohol - what a mix!
Nov 24, 2006 (12 photos)

... cheaper place with the only downside that it is up a massive hill so you have to stop every 2 minutes to catch your breath. Cusco is very pretty and colonial with a few amazing Incan walls thrown in for good measure - how they fitted them so well I will ...

Hiking the Inca Trail
Jun 30, 2003 (3 photos)

... trip resulting in me being full of the flu was definitely NOT in the plan. Guess which route I took..... So, after arriving in Cusco and hooking up with my friend Tom (who I met in Colombia) we proceeded to hit all the bars in town and basically make ...

Our last day in Peru
Mar 15, 2009 (1 photos)

Well today isn't much to write about except food. I got up to watch England destroy our amphibian enemies from across the trench this morning (10am our time). Unable to win the six nations, there's still a lot of satisfaction in beating our green hopping ...

Wheres Paddington?
Apr 15, 2005 (6 photos)

... my usual MO, and start by going up some steep steps, to gain a better view of the Plaza, and to see how tired I would get! Cusco is surrounded by mountains, most of which are built on, so you can wander up, and it is a very pretty city to look down ...

Another day in wonderful Cusco
Mar 6, 2009 (22 photos)

... three entries are a bit dull for you. After bacon & eggs at the hostel we went for a walk around the main square in Cusco and some of it's side streets. There were plenty of little markets, but they all basically sell the same sort of stuff. On the ...

Salkantay Trek!
Jun 22, 2008 (17 photos)

... nbsp; Anywayz...after the ruins we grabbed a train to Ollyuntumbo.  We arrived and picked up a taxi for a 2 hour drive back to cusco and our hostel.  The driver practised his english on us and we practised our spanish on him.   Overall an ...

Cusco
Jun 14, 2008 (16 photos)

... it is sold or bartered for corn and potatoes. We got a bus home not far from there, very tired. The last days in Cusco involved hanging out with the other travellers we'd met in South America (we'd all converged on Cusco for the 24th). Our South ...

A long, long bus journey
Sep 14, 2006 (4 photos)

... . We also got to see a fair amount of the town in the process in twilight and the dark which is beautiful. Cusco is incredibly colonial with fantastic old buildings everywhere and none of the horrid concrete blocks in the centre as in other S American ...