Hostal Qosqo
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The Recovery
After an evening laid flat out in agony an with barely any sleep, I woke up early to sort out a few things before Kelsey regained consciousness. A quick trip down to reception revealed that there were no rooms available for the evening (hooray, moving hotels for one night!), but bumping into Tim and a few of the other travelers allowed for some …
Lima a Cusco
Fri. 12th. Lima a Cusco It's a very early wake up call today at 3:45 am. The flight to Cusco leaves at 07:35, and we have to be there at 6:00 am. Groggy after yesterday's monumental journey, we all manage to stagger downstairs. Fortunately, even at this time there are porters who help us with the luggage. As all flights to Cusco leave very early in …
Rags and riches
... the troubled lives they have, the kids were a joy to 'teach', most of the time. They were very confident little blighters and another big part of the project is to give them milk, vitamins and to show them affection...things they might not all get at home. So every day when they came into the classroom we had to give them a hug and a kiss as they greeted us with "Hola profe" (Hello teacher). It did feel odd at first to be called a teacher, and for the kids ...
And now, the beautiful city of Cusco
... the process of being rebuilt. Hundred of thousands of people died in this earthquake. In Peru it seems like people first build the ground level of their houses and make provision for an additional floor for when they have more money. They leave the houses with the bricks unplastered and the reinforcing steel sticking up for building the next level. It just gives a feeling of such incompleteness. And lots of houses in this country ...
Inca´s Rule
... was centred on Cusco but reached southern Ecuador to northern Chile. they rules 10 million people while only having an Inca population of 100,000, talk about ruling class. Moving west along the valley to Ollantaytambo which is a fortress and a temple. here the Incas and the Spanish fought it out and eventually the Incas retreated into the jungle. What they left behind was a wealth of beautiful stonework ...