Ninos Hotel Cusco

After a great sleep we got up, had breakfast and were off to buy our tourist pass. After realizing that all the things we were planning on doing today were closed we decided to walk the 2 km (uphill) to Sacsayhuaman, also known as "sexy woman" which is easier to pronounce. It was great, not much to say, just check out the photos!!! The Incas sure knew how to carve a rock!!!
After we had explored the site, we wandered back to the city through San Blas, an area of Cuzco, and snacked and tri...

Was going to visit my friend Jolanda for about 4 days, ended up staying 9... :-)

We got up around 5:45am this morning with a plan to leave by taxi at 6:15am for the airport. At 5:50am the taxi driver called us and told us he was there. We scrambled around, Gabe wide awake as only he can be at that hour on a minutes notice while I stumbled around grateful I'd gotten all my bags in order the night before. When we got downstairs 5 minutes later our driver insisted we take a few moments and get coffee and breakfast, sure it was included in the hotel stay and not wanting us to...

Good afternoon. It's about 4pm in Cusco, so that makes it 2pm in CA I think. I hope everyone is well. Amy and I are in our last Peruvian city before heading to Argentina in a couple of days, and there is an internet cafe right next door to our hotel, so I figured it was time for a proper update.

Most of this update will be about Machu Picchu and Aguas Calientes rather than Cusco since we've only been here for a few hours. But that's OK since from what I can tell, there won't be much to...

Hola, Well we got back from safely from the Amazon Jungle late yesterday evening without any major events. In fact the scariest part of the entire five days was definitely the bus ride back, and thatīs saying something given all the dangerous and poisonous creepy crawlies we encountered (see below!). The part of the Amazonian jungle that we went to is called the Manu national park and is a vast area of lowland eastern Peru (20,000 sq km or according to the blurb īabout the size of Walesī). It...

Cusco, wow. It has been well worth it coming at this time of the year. We feel more like a couple of tourists amongst everyday life in Cusco. Not tourist city completely living off loads of tourists and hardly any locals to see other than those trying to sell you something. There are a few other people here on holidays but really, itīs not even enough to notice walking down the street...we feel like we are two of only a handful. Iīm sure thatīs not the case, they must be somewhere but maybe w...

Ok, I know I said that I would not get to send another blog until late January but I lied. I am good at that. Anyway, it has been a hectic 9 days in Peru. On the go everyday and to top it off was the 2 days in Machu Picchu. More on that later. We arrived in Cuzco after 28 hours of catching flights and waiting at airports, the flight from Lima to Cuzco was delayed 8 hours because of bad weather in Cuzco. So we were happy to get to the hotel, which was just fantastic. Actually most places (hote...

Hola quapas! Ongeveer een week verder hebben we weer het nodige gezien, gedaan en meegemaakt dus de hoogste tijd om weer bij te kletsen. Het antwoord op de kijkersvraag moeten we jullie helaas nog even schuldig blijven want we vergeten de naam van dat ding steeds. Maar Neel en Ries, het is erg lekker en sappig en smaakt een beetje naar meloen. Zeker proberen dus! Tjsa, dat ezelritje...kan jullie verklappen dat ik inderdaad echt niet meer kon halverwege maar er nog niet helemaal uit ben wat no...

Following a unique "collectivo" bus ride from Puno to Cuzco where I was the only foreigner it was deliberating to reach Cuzco 8 hours later - and its worthwhile!