Cuzco
Travel Blogs from Cuzco, Peru
What's All The Fussco?
... third, Q'enqo, was a cave with a few carved niches and ceremonial platforms used for sacrifices. The last stop (& Cuzco's most famous ruin - Saqsayhuaman) was once a great fortress however is now no more than a disused quarry. The Spanish dismantled ...
Fabelhaftes Machu Picchu.
... einer Hauptstrasse besteht und man entweder bergauf oder bergab geht. Jedenfalls hat ja alles geklappt, ich bin puenktlich in Cuzco angekommen, hab meinen riesigen ruckesack vom Hostal abgeholt, wo wir fuer die paar Tage unser Sachen verstaut haben ...
Cuzco
... .. ensuite un gars de la securite est arrive avec des locaux.. voila je me vais voir la finale de foot du championat du perou a la place centrale.. c est cuzco contre lima. a+ ...
A Parade for Breakfast
... we were high in the Andes (and I had a terrible headache, going on two days now, from the altitude I imagine). So far Cuzco is the nicest place I´ve been. The people are much friendlier, and standing in the central plaza you can see the surrounding ...
Altitude here we come
Arrived in Cuzco as did my bag - albeit with its first injury, one of the straps had been ripped off - but at least now it looks like a real travellers bag. And it's COLD here. Which is quite a shock to the system after the last month of ...
Gummy Grannies and Snotty Nosed Kids
So, today we had to get up at 3.30 to go to the airport for our flight to Cuzco. We flew with Aero Condor who served the strangest in-flight breakfast I have ever had - a packet of Ritz crackers and a slice of Madeira cake. I had a window seat and not ...
Pisac
It is market day at Pisac, a town in the sacred valley an hour away. Rather than a tour, collectivo would be more interesting. Sarah joins me. Bus has a flat along the way. It is going to be awhile. Locals flag down another one. Busses will pick up and ...
Wyjazd z Cuzco
... pokrecilismy sie troche po sklepach w poszukiwaniu fajnych pamiatek. Po poludniu po raz kolejny spotykamy Toma i Shelly. Jemy razem obiad i spedzamy troche czasu przy browarku. Punktualnie o 17-ej zegnamy sie ze slicznym Cuzco i ruszamy w dalsza ...
Rafting
Rafting on the agenda today. Level an okay 2 to 3+ and I was not too impressed at the beginning but tame and all as it was for me, I ended up in the river before i knew it so that shut me up!! Pedestrian enough at the start but we hit some really ...
Lima to Cuzco/Machu Picchu
... to Peru would be complete without visiting the last city of the Incas, Machu Picchu. There is a perfectly good train that runs direct from Cuzco to Machu Picchu but we were taking the Inca Trail, a 4 day hike over 33km, camping 3 nights along the way. The ...
Cuzco: The coolest city in Latin America
... up pretty early and headed into town to get the Boleto Turistico, which is a pass that gets you into 16 attractions in Cuzco and the surrounding area, including some amazing Inca sites. My first stop was the Coricancha/Santo Domingo. The Coricancha was ...
Journey to Cuzco
... on either side of the bus. Tomorrow Im planning to see the churches and museums and inca sites here in Cuzco. Then on Tues and Wed I hope to visit the Sacred Valley outside of Cuzco before doing the four day Inca Trail from Thursday to ...
Cuzco, di schoenste Stadt ! Neui Frisur
... ei schoeni Chile a de andere, grossi Plaetz und vieli traditionelli Hueser. Vieli sind no uf de Fundament vo alte Inka-Gebaeude. Cuzco isch d Hauptstadt vom Inka-Riich gsi, wo vo 1200 bis 1600 n.Chr. es Gebiet vo Santiago de Chile bis Ecuador ...
Cuzco
Cuzco is a beautiful city full of colonial buildings and plazas together with cobbled streets and Inca walls. It is the continent´s longest inhabited city and has a fascinating and colourful history as the heart of the once mighty Inca ...
The Inca Trail
... land and we had all acclimatised quite well to the altitude which was currently around 3000m. Occasionally the train that runs form Cuzco to Aqua Calientes (where Machu Pichu lies above) could be seen running along the river. Nilton would tell us to wave ...
On to the Incas
... I really wanted to see Machu Picchu - and now, we were so close I could hardly believe my luck. I had envisioned a city (Cuzco) to be a bit like Kathmandu - with lots of backpackers and gift shops and hippie types...incense burning..tied dye shirts... but ...
Exploring Cuzco
The walk down the hill is worth the effort, cuzco is very pretty, clean and full is colours, including the flag. Here are some of the piccies I've taken so ...
From one extreme to the other
... on wobbly legs for the first half of it. Another bus the next morning [no rest for the wicked!] brought us here, to Cuzco. It´s another beautiful city packed full of churches and plazas. Sadly it is also packed full of tourists given its proximity to ...
Relaxing and enjoying Cuzco
... , dont drink the coca tea!! Duh!! No wonder I was so wired!! I woke up at 1pm, ate breakfast and again walked around Cuzco, then down the artesinal markets in Cuzco to do a bit of shopping and wandering. I finished my day in the Plaza de Armas ...
Part III - Manu Jungle
... and I knew we wanted to see the jungle on our trip. The only questions were when, where and how. With dozens of agencies in Cuzco boasting tours, we found our answers in a 5 day trek into the Manu National Park. Opting out of the costly (and perhaps ...
Free Money. Thanks Lima
... . Anyways, from there we headed back into town and had a dip in the thermal pools before boarding a night train/shuttle back to Cuzco. The next day was spent recovering and doing some shopping before saying our goodbyes to Phil. L It was so sweet to have ...
Arrived in Cuzco - very nice...
... . The city has a population of about 300 000, triple the population it contained just 20 years ago. Alternate spellings include Cuzco, (Spain), and Qusqu with post-1987 Quechua orthography. The Church of La Compañía on the Plaza de Armas in ...
That disused building looks mighty comfy
12th december 2009 Hostal Suecia, Cuzco, Peru (60 Soles) Cool at 3440 metres above sea level one minute we're in Bolivia, the next we're back in Peru, talk about get about. We took a bus from la Paz to Juliaca and one of the first things I said when I ...
Cuzco
Flew to Cuzco after bussing to Lima from Huaraz. Chris got evil bug and down for three days. Missed Macchu Picchu, any treks (planned to do the Salkantay) and spent most of the time studying the fine white porcelain work in the hotel bathroom! Did ...
Macchu Picchu etc suite
Bonjour á tous, Je vous ecris de Copacabana en Bolivie. Un accident d,ordinateur a efface les autres photos que je voulais telecharger. J,essayerai de les mettre cette fois-ci. Ne pas tenir compte de la carte, s,il vous plait. Elle est encore une ...
Other pictures of Cusco
We didn´t do very much today. There was a protest demonstration in the city. People were demonstrating against the privatization of some land around here. Considering the fact that there are demonstrations all over the country every now and then, you ...
the big daddy of south am. ruins
ok...... so we have arrived at the peruvian tourist mecca of cuzco for the big daddy of south americas inca ruins- machu picchu..... us and all the other tourists aparently, although we are told that this is actually the start of the low season this city ...
Our Life in Ruins
... on a bus to Puno, Peru on the shores of Lake Titicaca. Onward HO! *** Version d`André *** Nous sommes arrivés à Cusco ou Cuzco (ou comme on dit ici Q`osqo) vers les 5 heures du matin. Bien entendu un contingent d`aubergeurs nous attendaient de ...
