Hotel De La Villa Hermoza Cusco

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... brightly colored traditional costumes, through plain black to the sand camouflage of the police units, proceed gravely over the cobbles, ahead of and often also behind an ornately dressed statue, carried at shoulder height by four or more sturdy cusqueños, natives of the city of Cusco.<br><br>The statue could be one of the many incarnations of the Virgin Mary, but this month it is most likely to represent el Señor de los Milagros, the Lord of ...

... 3 timer mere naaede vi til vores foerste overnatning, som hed Soraypampa. Vi spiste noget suppe og ris og gik i seng allerede ved 07.30 tiden.<br><br>19. septmeber.<br><br>Vi blev vaekket kl. 06.00, og gik igang med morgenmaden som bestod af pandekager og toert broed. saa fortsatte turen. Idag, efter ca. 3 timer, naaede vi til Salkantay. Der var rigtigt koldt! Men det skal man nok ogsaa forvente i 4500 meters hoejde. Bagefter gik turen nedaf ...

... worth it and feel quite chuffed that I survived the Inca Trail with just a few aching muscles. My hat has to come off to the porters though - they zip past you carrying 25kg bags just wearing little sandals and barely break sweat. They also prepare the most amazing food. I was expecting peanut butter sandwiches and got three course meals with proper cutlery and everything - I don´t eat this well at home! All in all, very successful!

Another lazy day acclimatising.<br>Stroll out for breakfast and then onto the Mueseo Inka, a Inca history museum. Continued wandering around, some parts of the old Inca walls are still in use today, though a lot was used by the Spanish for their building projects.<br>Bought some coca leaves to see how they help with the altitude. I´m becoming quite and addict of mate de caco tea, hope ...

... see but it defo gave me a huge fright as it sounded like we were off road and with what had happened to the bus 2 days ago it was frightening-glad to say we seemed to get back on road quick enough.<br>So we are now going to fly the rest of Peru-either that or get 2 long 24 hour buses to get out of Peru and 1 is meant to be on a very bad mountainess road.<br>Anyway Cusco was better than i expected-its meant to be a highlight in Peru but ...

... my foot outside those doors and what a feeling I had! Breathe in, breathe out! Relax. I was able to BREATHE! There was oxygen here in Cuzco. I was way up, 11,000 feet above sea level being able to breathe without any help. I had made it. My adventure was about to start and to start on a good foot once and for all! Hourrah! Long live Cuzco!<br><br>Thankful for Cuzco.<br><br>Mo<br><br><br><br><br><br ><br><br>