Marlon'S House Cusco

... Upon arrival in Ollantaytambo village. Our staff will be waiting for you to transfer you to your hotel in Cusco, Overnight in Cusco.<br><br> Day 10: Cusco &#8211; Lima (B)<br><br> At a prearranged hour after breakfast we&#8217;ll transfer you to the airport.<br><br> End of our services.<br><br> Meals provided= (B) Breakfast, (L) Lunch, (D) Dinner.<br><br> INCLUDED:<br><br> *<br><br> All transfers mentioned in the itinerary<br>*<br><br ...

... trails and then hike up to Macchu Picchu the second and then the third is spent all day at Macchu Picchu. Everyone does a trek, so I figured I shouldn´t really be left out then. Its called the Inka Jungle trek but I´m not exactly sure how much jungle I will actually be going through.<br><br>So after I set up that first tour and spent my remaining dollar reserves, I decided that I should figure out the rest of my schedule for the rest of the journey and get all the necessary things ...

... s full of cobbled streets, artisanal markets, museums, and stone remnants of its Inca past.<br><br>Full disclosure: I came to Cusco with pretty basic plans to see Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley (though nothing booked), an intention to take some Spanish classes for a week, and an eagerness to find another great hostel where I could meet some travelers heading my way &#8211; southward towards Bolivia and Northwest Argentina. While that seemed perfectly reasonable at the time, I ...

... no hurry!<br><br>After several hours of wandering the city, I decide to duck into a pub that overlooks the main square - the Plaza des Armas. It provides an excellent vantage point from wyhich to photograph the parade that is being held below...apparently October is a major festival month celebrating local Saints, so there is activity everywhere. The pub also affords the opportunity to have a pint!<br><br>I have yet to run into anyone from my group in ...

... I understood - that we realised what had happened. That is when the adventure began... a 3 hour trip to the police station.<br><br>After 1st going to the national police station, we were sent to the ´very friendly´ (not) tourist police. We had to go in to the investigation (more like interrogation) office individually &amp; give a statement. First of all he wouldn´t even believe me as ...

We arrived back up in Lima after our bus was cancelled and they put us in SECOND CLASS on the next bus to travel up and so we missed the initial briefing with our tour guide for the Inca Trail. I left Nadine looking up "unacceptable" in the dictionary and went out to buy some CDs off a bloke on the street. If anyone is interested I´ll set up a Peruvian evening of guitar based wailing and some Reggaeton. The Inca Trail was one of the trips we´d booked from the UK before ...

... ensconced in a<br>hotel in some cool new city &#8211; Cuzco, Peru, for example. <br><br>We just did the briefest of overnights<br>in Lima last week before flying to Cuzco first thing in the morning.<br>This is the historic centre of the Incan empire and the jumping off<br>point for Macchu Picchu, recently chosen as one of the new 7 Wonders<br>of the World, and a place we've been talking about visiting for at<br>least 7 or 8 years now.<br><br>We emerged triumphant from the Cuzco ...

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... with the comical beast and his owners. Score!<br><br>In the evening we went to the local mini-market to get some food, trying to save money after going out for dinner so much. We came across some amazing Peruvian products: Choco Bum (a sort of pain au chocolat), and best of all Fanny Marmalade... lovely. Back at the hostel me and Tom decided to make ourselves pasta with ham and cheese plus some random meat and tomato sauce in a jar that we´d found in the market. We used ...

... Two in the group were two very friendly women from California &#8211; Wendy and Jennifer. Wendy was the more talkative one. She was quite vocal about the salad on display. "Did you know it is not safe to eat salad here in Peru because they wash it with tap water? And as you know, the tap water here is not safe to drink..." She told me. I then told her that the salad should be fine. It looked good. And besides, I was thinking, I don&#8217;t think the restaurant ...