Hostal Quipu Cusco

... in terms of its landscape and the ethnic customs of the inhabitants who still abide by their traditional, ancestral customs. On the islands of Amantani or Taquile the people offer lodging and food in their own houses. After lunch we will return to Puno by boat which takes between three to four hours.

Day 5: Puno – Cusco (B), (L)

After breakfast in your hotel you’ll be boarding a tourist bus that will be taking you to ...

... un rechaud....Nickel on a tout. Maintenant c'est direction un petit resto deja visite en septembre par Pepette and/co. Puis c'est le bus pour "Christo Blanco" putain y sont fort ces Incas, comment y zont assemble ces pierres?
un peu cherer lentree. du coup on observe de lexterieur, et on atteint le cristo banco dou lon a une super vue,, et ou lon fait une belle rencontre avec maximo ...

... off and said, **** no poop!
The Peruvian bus service was an experience, every time we stopped at a station or even at traffic lights, about 20 people crowded on the bus selling all sorts of **** from chicken dinners to bread rolls to china dolls.
Got chatting to a hostel lady at the bus station and decided to give her place a look, the photo´s looked ok and grabbed a taxi with her into town. The place was fine, nice big room with cable and even an ipod speaker unit, which was ...

... patterns here.

Today was mostly about shopping for local chachka, finding cafes to chill out at and peruvian chocolate. Victory on all fronts.

We have our last pre'Inca Trail group meeting tonight, after I climb the hillside at Cusco to see the giant Jesus statue overlooking the town. A group of fellow travellers went last night and raved ...

... school with the welcome sight of our yellow domed tents ready for us to take residence for the night, it's amazing how attached you can become to these things in such a short period of time. Everyone in the group felt the exertion of the relatively short walk, but believe me nothing at altitude is easy, taking one step feels like walking ten and every gulp of air feels like your face is being covered by a pillow, it is a strange feeling and yet one that is rewarding, you know ...

... they do not have drugs inside. The Inkas used them to give them energy and strength and they help quite a bit with altitude sickness. However, chewing them is not that tasty but really helps...

Sacred Valley:

After my 2 days of laying in bed we took a tour through the sacred valley including visits to 3 Inka sites. hat was really nice and we saw the ruins of Pisac, Ollantaytambo and an old church. Ollantaytambo was the mos faszinating one, i thought ...

... building the city on top of the original Inca foundations. To this day you can walk the streets of San Blas and touch original Inca walls.

MC and I spent our time relaxing, recovering and enjoying what the city has to offer. Besides organizing our Sacred Valley tour, rafting tour and preparing for the trail we managed to indulge in some of Peru's finest Pisco sours and 2$ beers.

Enjoy the photos :)

... Arequipa er en rigtig flot og hyggelig by, og vejret var simpelthen saa laekkert.
Tidlig mandag morgen blev vi hentet af en bus som skulle koere os til Colca Valley og Colca Canyon. Det var en tur paa 2 dage hvor vi overnattede i en lille by som hedder Chivay. Colca Canyon var rigtig smukt. Vi var rigtig hoejt oppe i bjegene og paa vej derop skulle man derfor drikke coca-te eller tygge cocablade for at hjaelpe paa hoejdesyge. Det ...

... You may also wish to visit to the town’s famous thermal springs which feel great after finishing the trail. Entrance to the springs costs US$ 2, allow 2 hours to really enjoy them.

TOUR INCLUSIONS

THE SERVICE INCLUDES:

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  Briefing, one day before the trek.
  
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  Bilingual guide: English / Spanish in trekking and Machu Picchu
  
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  Transfer mentioned in the program in private transport
  
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  Cusco, Cusco, Peru incatrailpumas

... way. We took a mouthful of leaves, stripped off the veins of the leaves, chewed softly and then with it took a bite of the small alkaline stone (which tasted bitter) for the leaves to work more effectively. I wasn't sure if I was doing it correctly, but the fact that I was chewing on something was distracting myself from the parts where we were hiking uphill.

We arrived at Cruzpata to have lunch where we had panoramic views of the ...