San Agustin El Dorado Hotel Cusco

... celebrate this we went to a British pub and enjoyed proper pints of ale and cider. Öbviously family and friends are missed the most when travelling, after that though probably comes a decent pint of ale. This pint was definately worth the 5 week wait.

Today we worked off the drink with our first proper walk at altitude when we stomped up hill to see some Inca stone and a big white Jesus ...

... part was a little ¨hobbit¨like door in the wall and then up some rickety stairs! Of course, that was inside the church - so no pics.

Friday, I dropped off laundry and bought my bus ticket to Puno (Lake Titicaca).

I was considering taking the train from Cusco to Puno - until I found out it cost US$ 220! For a Peruvian - it costs US$ 7. But, bus tickets are the same price regardless of nationality (obvi - I took the bus!). Also, at Machupicchu ...

... Cuzco itself is really lovely. The altitude though... I am just starting to get my appetite back. The first day, all it took to fill me to bursting was a small orange. Actually. Now I´m up to eating small meals, at least twice a day! Our hostel is in the San Blas neighbourhood, which is up a steep hill from the Plaza de Armas, the main square. The walk is not nearly so daunting now, but the first few days, I was gasping for breath by the top.
The streets in San ...

Well, it's that time again, we're back
on the road, this time to South America, which is completely new
territory for us. Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina are on the
agenda, all Spanish speaking countries which should make things a
little easier. Can't wait to mangle that language in four new
countries. As for the title of this blog – our trip just happens to
work out to exactly 100 days which I thought fit nicely with a fairly
famous book by ...

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YOU SHOULD BRING

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  Personal sleeping bag
  
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  Warm Jacket or Sweater
  
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  RainGear (from nov to april)
  
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  T-shirt, short, long pants.
  
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  Back pack, trekking shoes, sandals
  
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  Sun Hat, wool hat, sun glasses
  
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  Water bottle,flash light, hat
  
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  Personal clothing for trek
  
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  Insect repellent – Suncream
  
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  Personal medication
  
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... your asked it gets quiet frustrating . It is difficult to sit in peace or have any comfort whilst taking in the views and atmosphere.

The Altitude was something we didn´t think would effect us to much but it was a big factor for us. You find yourself short of breath and not being able to walk at as fast a pace as usual etc. I bought Cocoa sweets to help my headaches. It takes a fews days to climatise so we didn´t go to Machu Picchu ...

... drawn to a deep turquoise and purple stone which I also purchased negotiating a small discount for purchasing two stones. I passed on the green and cream color stone that looked a little like vanilla fudge; supposedly it was from the Machu Picchu area and I figured I would pick it up when we got to Machu Picchu. If every tourist buys a stone from Machu Picchu, it seems to me that the entire city ...

... and a guy came and insisted that we were sitting in his seat, which to be fair we were! We went to where our allocated seats were, down at the back just ahead of the back row, which was totally full of locals, there was a guy seating there, he was allocated a seat at the back, beside the locals and all their stuff, it nearly broke his heart to have to move and to be fair I didn’t blame him, squashed between these very rounded bolivian woman, its actually had to tell ...

... lined with high white walls complemented with blue-painted windows. All the streets around the main plaza are made of stones, and are very narrow you wouldn´t think a car would even fit in there - but somehow they do. They are very pretty. Oh, have I mentioned, all the streets that I´ve seen are very clean - I haven´t seen any trash or litters on the streets. I couldn´t wait to walk along these streets and check out every ...

... the last 20 minutes or so before the site opened at around 6am. Soon the crowds had got a lot larger, daylight had arrived and we found ourselves at the front of the queue, the gates were opened and we were being herded towards the entrance. We got maps, our tickets were checked and bags searched and before we knew it we were IN MACHU PICCHU!

Despite finally accomplishing this we had no time to take it all in as Edwardo took us to the classic photo opportunity spot at the ...