MamaSara Cusco

... all covered by insurance, which they dealt with directly, so I didnt have to pay a penny, blinding. So I spent 27 hours in bed being fussed over by several cute Peruvian nurses while I watched Arsenal beat Liverpool on telly, among other things, it was fantastic I have to say, I was disappointed to leave in the end.<br>They took some more tests in the morning and said the Giardia was still there but gave me a cocktail of pills to sort that out then sent us on our way.<br><br>30th October ...

... local people shouting to each other across the hillside, they did not have the use of telephones and this was their way of communicating, it appeared that conversation was taking place all around the village, who knows what they were saying, but it was certainly a far cry from the over developed towns and cities I was used to, where the main form of communication is to walk around with a mobile phone attached to your face. Again I caught myself thinking, have we got it all wrong ...

... the day before Machu Picchu trek! 2.30pm!<br><br>We chose to have Cuy al forno, roasted Guinea Pig along with a salda (just incase it was horrible!). The guy had explained that one was big enough for 2 of us to share, easily.... this was one big Guinea Pig!<br><br>It arrived as a whole Guinea Pig sitting on a plate, with some Roasted peppers and potatos... the Guinea Pig was looking happy, and really goofy with its two ...

1) A nice overnight bus ride from nazca to cuzco through the andean foothills changed from the scheduled 12 hours to an award winning 20 hours, genius.<br>2) Waking at 4 in the morning to what sounded like gunfire, only to find we have blown a tyre in a fairly remote area, 4 hours to the nearest town, probably many more to a reliable garage, and certainly a long way from a reliable AA man called dave.<br>3) Realising how many peruvians ...

... which makes it cold. I had lost my winter hat in Lima and was on the lookout for an immediate replacement. An Indian woman selling alpaca hats and gloves (of which there were many) approached us in the Plaza de Armas, the city center. I wasn´t sold on the hats she had but she followed me for 3 blocks and dropped the proce from $3 to $2, so I bought one. In the end, the guilt factor tipped the scale: "Oh, amigo...please amigo..." By the end of our stay ...

Yo, well hello from the wonderful city of Cusco. After 4 bus rides, 1000+km, countless hours listening to bad Peruvian pop music and two bum cushions later, all I can say is it was worth the wait. The Plaza del Aramas is gorgeous, there are numerous other fine attractions in the city too, the Avenue de Sol, Plaza san Francicsco, the Sexy Woman Inca Ruin to name but a few. After not seeing many other tourists at all in the relative ...

Hallo Leute,<br>vorgestern bin ich nach Cusco geflogen, ich sage nur, krasser Landeanflug!!<br>Das Wetter hier ist vom feinsten, tagsueber Sonne und schoen warn, nachts kuehlt es sich ab und man kann super schlafen. Gestern habe ich mich in einer Spanischschule angemeldet, und in einer Stunde beginnen meine ersten beiden Stunden. Ein Privatlehrer kostet 46 Soles fuer 1 Stunde und 40 Minuten ...

Arrived at our hostel around 5.30 am after a long journey and realised it was not a hostel but a residential home. We were to tired to care at first so once we had a rest we decided to go up to the centre of Cuzco but when we came out of our room there was nobody to be found in the house which was quiet scary. then a young boy appeared and said he was going out for a while and not sure when he would be back and he didn´t have a key to give ...

... 8211; including DVDs, backpacks (including imitation), old-fashioned clothes that you wouldn&#8217;t want to be caught seen in, shoes, food. We did some haggling and got the prices down as much as we could for our small rucksacks, fake North Face fleece jackets, hiking socks and, of course, a cap as I did not want to make the same mistake again of having another major sun burn. It was a very productive visit and we got most of the stuff ...

... himself to us. Feather, is local to Cuzco &#8211; long black hair and dark indigenous looks. He immediately took a liking to Brenda. He asked where we were from and chatted with him for a short while before he went off to get ready for his gig. KmO is a very small, cosy bar &#8211; with the live band playing very close to the tables. Feather introduced himself to the bar crowd and then said hello to as many countries he could remember &#8211 ...