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Cusco Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Cusco, Peru
Donīt rely on technology....(17-22 October 2010)
This is a top pick! ... , one of the reasons I have decided I need to go travelling and head south to Argentina and the sun. The rainy season in Cusco doesnīt usually start until mid or late November and its October, but for the last few weeks it really has been like being ...
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! ... be my guide for the trip but Marco kindly ended up showed me around Puerto for a few hours. So Puerto is very different to Cusco, chalk and cheese. There are a couple of tarmac roads but the rest are dirt tracks. They have tuk tuks like they use in India ...
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! Cuzco, or Cusco – both spellings used. Small, intimate, safe, charming and completely walkable. But chilly – especially for me as I apparently have become quite soft after 5 months in the warmth. Our first Hotel was freezing ...
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! ... it slowly and we managed to get over the top 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 ...
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! ... for me to live, work or find love. But it is amazing to think I am here, the longer Iīm here the more settled I feel and Cusco is becoming home, but once you are off the beaten track and you see the real Peru you see what a hard existence it is for 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! ... still very little meat on it the best part is the thigh, but I think twice is enough for one lifetime! Once I got back to Cusco I bumped into Sharda in an internet cafe. We went for a drink and cake in Jackīs Cafe which is quite famous - according ...
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 ...
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! ... 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 ...
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 ...
Mighy Incas & Their Descendents the Super Porters
This is a top pick! ... of the ruins. On our first day, we wouldn’t actually be doing any trekking. It was a day spent touring the ruins around Cusco before heading through the Sacred Valley to stay the night at Ollantaytambo. The first ruins we went to was on a hill just ...
Ancient Capital of the Incas
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
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 ...
Cusco - Day 3
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
1st Week Day 1 - 3
This is a top pick! ... a week, it definitely feels like Iīve been here longer. I suppose thatīs because there has been a lot to take in and Cusco and Peru is unlike any place Iīve been to before. This will be the longest time that I will have spent in a country that speaks ...
Day 4
This is a top pick! ... taught in pairs. So hoping Amaka the other POD volunteer due on Thursday would do this with me. Then went to the South American Explorers Cusco Clubhouse up in San Blas. This is a club I joined before leaving the UK. Its about $60 or 40 pounds, and is ...
Walking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
This is a top pick! ... . 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 ...