Amaru II Hostal Cusco

matin pepere
ptit dej au rechad encore
auj commence la fete du village qui dure une semaine, la petite vie des durs traveilleurs est chamboulee, et se deroulerau au rythme des pareties de football de volleyy, de musique et de danse... on assite a qq parties de foot puis nous remontons en taxi (a 9, avec pat et sylv ds le coffre) jusqua croisemnt de la route ou nous prendrons directnt un ...

... bo nie mam tutaj warunkow na ladowanie zdjec.

Siedze teraz w kafejce interentowej i patrze na ulewe przez okno. Czuje sie juz lepije wiec bede w stanie wybrac sie nad jezioro Titicaca. Wybieramy sie autobusem (8-10 godzin) do Puno gdzie bedziemy spac w hotelu. Rano nastepnego dnia zwiedzanie wysp wieczorem powrot autobusem do Cusco. W Cusco bedzimy o 5 rano. Jak widzicie bedzie ...

... visit the different ruines around
the city. So we can do the trail on the 17th of November, totally ready
with no hard times due to the altitude.

The best (and actually
the only) way to visit the ruines around Cusco and the Sacred Valley is
with a tourist card. This card gives you entrance for 16 different
museums and ruines. Once we had the card, we first visited the museums.
These were quit different, about the history of Cusco, archeological
Cusco, Peru astridenellen

... Guinea pig (sorry Sally), it tasted very similar to rabbit (sorry Sally).
We then went to Paddys, the highest Irish owned bar on the planet, we had one tin of very expensive Guinness.
Later that night I met up with Renatta for a more run of the mill meal, chicken curry and rice.
I´m off to Puno today, I will miss Cusco.

Hasta Luego Amigos

... life felt good.

My first view of the tents came when one of the group shouted out, "there's home" as they pointed to some small yellow dots in the distance, we were all buzzed, it had been a long day and sleep had been lacking over the last few days, those little yellow dots could have been the Hilton, all I could think of was sleep, sleep and sleep.

We arrived at camp and were quickly told to select a tent, get our bags ready for the following days trek ...

leves a 4 h45 , a cette heure le soleil pointe juste son nez, pas facile tous les jours les vacances.......
depart pour la remontee du canyon sans prendre de petit dejeuner a 5h00, on s achete quand meme des cookies pour lapport de glucides: pas fous ces peruviens
en gros le guide nous dit good luck on se retrouve en haut chacun son rythme
Denivele assez important mais on a de l ombre.
Colca Canyon, Peru pepsouille

... sometimes they call it (cover your ears children) "sexy woman." This is a large ruin that is continuing to be restored and is the site of the world renown Inti Raymi Festival where the various pre-Inca tribes are represented in celebration of culture, song, dance and tradition. A large open field between the ancient structures is the setting for thousands of people in native costume celebrating their heritage. Then we were off to Tambomachay, another ruin that had a central ...

... stopped at a wool factory/shop. Outside was another woman with some llamas and alpacas. Edgar explained the differences in the wool provided by the animals and we were able to see and feel the differences on the animals. Then it was time to shop. Our "short" stop there was somewhat extended, but we did make some purchases so I guess everyone was happy with the possible exception of Edgar and the driver who were already running late, but they never gave any indication of being in a hurry ...