Hotel Wiracocha
Travel Blogs from Cusco
Machu Picchu
Up @ 5AM as our train for Machu Picchu left just before 7!
4 hour train ride through valley´s ,hills, nature and snow peaked mountains!GORGEOUS!!!!INDISCRIBIBLE! "Op berge en in dale......"
Our day started with a mini crisis as Carin had a totally wrong name on her ticket. We again provided much entertainment on the train as we …
Guinea pig and plated hair in Cusco
After two rough nights in our hotel-leaking toilets, heavy traffic underneath our window, cold water…..etc we were moved to another room-only to have our peculiar neighbour's tv blearing at full blast 24/7 and alas, still no hot water! Today the culture shock hit home a bit....Lots of thoughts and evaluating my way of thinking and living.... …
Doing the Sacred Valley the "local way"
Sacred Valleys and another "local-way day" Cusco is surrounded by the Sacred Valley of the Inca´s with lots of structures still in its original state along various very native villages where people live and go about their business as I would imagine it centuries ago.
We hailed a local taxi outside our hotel and had a the BEST taxi ride …
Cusco and some deep thoughts
Our flight from Lima-Cusco was gorgeous over the Andes mountains, and we did what all the guidebooks recommended and booked seats on the left hand side to admire the view (just a pity we sat across from the airoplane´s wing......) Had snack-packs from TAM air and funny on-flight entertainment. TAM air was surprisingly much better than warned about …
Spending time in Cusco
We stayed about four days in Cusco, which gave us a lot of time to get to know this city. Cusco is beautiful! The Plaza de Armas/main square is a peaceful place, full of families and children and young people in love. Sort of a Paris in Peru. On Monday we did a lot of touristy things. We visited the Qorikancha/Place of gold. It is now known as the …