Hostal Incawasi Cusco

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Poniewaz ostatnie 7 dni byly tak intensywne i kazdego dnia gdzies lecielismy, jechalismy itp nie mialam okazji sie wybyczyc i odpoczac.

Zjadlam rano o 7 sniadanie z Chila i Antonio pomachalam im na pozegnanie i wrocilam do lozka. Wstalam po 13:00 zrobilam mala przepierke i postanowilam uzupelnic blog na ktorego nie mialam czasu uzupelnic wczesniej. Zdjecia dodam jak wrocimy do ...

... for some breakfast of traditional Tamales. We drove part of the way up a hill in the car and then stopped at the end of the road where there were 2 horsemen and 4 horses were waiting for us.

We started our trek on a fairly gentle slope and Karini would stop every now and then to show us some local plants and explain their uses in Inka times. We went to a waterfall, and then climbed up the mountain side to where there was an Inka ruin sitting atop, overlooking ...

... we canīt take a lot of souveniers with us, as we still
need to travel several monts with our bacpack...
The ruines (former
terraces of Incaīs) were a litlle bit further away of the market. The
views on the surrounding mountains were amazing. We were planning to go
to the ruines of Moray, but as it was to difficult to get there by
public transportation, we went back to Cusco. This time with a much
better bus than the previous one (Yes, they do excist ...

... high amongst the group, the weather was dull, grey and much cooler than we had been used to. We walked for 10-15 minutes before stopping at a small dwelling with 2 ladies standing outside, we were told by Max that the elder of the 2 ladies was over 100 years old, she didn't know exactly how old she was as she had forgotten, the other lady was her daughter and was 65, I am not lying when I say that neither of them looked anywhere near their ages and the ...

... was English and Canadian....genious, my idea!). As we were marching on, a little gruby and pretty sweaty, we come across the first group of other trekkers, it turns out that this group (named the Inglorious *******s) had payed $10,000 to do the trek so they could stay in fancy lodges dotted laong the way instead of camp. They must be mad we all claim, with slight hints of jealousy in all of our eyes.

By lunch time we reach our second camp, we have a half day ...

... t catch me.

Arrived in Machu Picchu around 11am and i must say it is a truly spectacular and magical place. The guide we had was superb (even gave me some of her factor 90 suncream), filling us in on all the history, archeology and workmanship involved, but also allowing us time to explore. Unfortunately my plan to climb one of the peaks ...

... This was rather daunting, given the altitude, but we made it. We arrived at the top, near one of the ruins and discovered we were in the wrong place. We took a cab to another remote location and climbed up more steep steps. We arrived at a community center, where there was an all ages volleyball going on. Manuel explained that he and some of his friends gave concerts of traditional music in community centers periodically, and worked with the kids to teach them the ...

... gazed out at the valley below. We realized that we had been observed as we drove up the dirt road to the site. A guard came to the site and a woman had laid out three blankets of weaving items for us. We gave the guard a few soles, but we were all purchased out. Jaime, our guide, bought a little something from her. It's not possible to buy something from everyone you see. But we realize that it really does make a ...