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Machu Pichu
... discovered, I seem to have a phobia of South American drop toilets which are SO disgusting. On the final and fourth day we had to wake up at 3:30am in order to get a place in line at the checkpoint (which opens at 5:30am) so we can be one of the first groups to get to the entrance of Machu Pichu, the Sungate. It's a beautiful experience watching the sun come across the mountains. We had perfect weather and as the clouds cleared we got our first ...
South America continued
... sale. As well as some big worm type grubs kept alive in a half drum, but right next door a barby set up to grill them on kebab sticks. Fascinating short walk of around 250m. The disembarkation point was quickly reached it was from a restaurant on the water edge with a lot of water taxis tied up at the side. The water taxis are similar to the longboats in Thailand. The one we boarded was of aluminium ...
Pancakes, mama Africa's and a very angry manager
... and swore they were for his mum, sister or another female in his family- we werent so sure, we enquired about Spanish schools and sampled some of the street food - we came across some of the best things ever. They looked like little chocolate domes but inside they were filled with creamy marshmallowey goodness! We had to go back to the hostel as we were meeting our tour guide for the inca trail for a briefing - we were nervous that it was a fake company especially ...
Birthday pig and cake
... been signed by everyone. Arriving in Cusco at 4:30pm I showered whilst my roommates secret squirreled to organise dinner and decorations. Donned in our best mismatched outfits, bearing in mind we have all been holding out to put our washing in for laundry- so we really were scraping the bottom of the rucksack, we headed to a lovely restaurant just a stones throw from our hotel. I have been keen to try Guinea Pig... When in Rome ...
The Pamper Gods & Early Days in Cusco
... in Spanish with a couple of very kind bilingual fellow passengers helping us out; we were put on a bus to spend the day in – yes - a 5-star hotel with meals included!! I was giggling inside. Jim noted that I was probably the only person in the crowd who was happy about this delay. We caught the flight later in the evening, and granted it took some finagling; we were put up in another 5-star hotel for the night in Lima. We had big, numerous, cushy ...
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