We had an exciting day. It started off as usual; we met our new friend, Dennis, in the plaza and walked over to the bus station. The bus station was not very nice. It was dirty and smelled horrible but the tickets were really cheap (2 soles) and the bus was actually pretty nice. Not bad at all. Julie and I got seats 21 and 22, which sort of worr...

Today we went into town to meet Dennis and go to Pisac to see the ruins. He took us to the local bus station, and i was a bit weary, i figured it would be super crowded and scary, but the ride there wasnt bad at all, just like at home really. In Pisac there was a festival for the La Virgen del Carmen, so there were parades and dances and all sor...

Captains Blog: Day 14 Today started at 7 as we went on a guided tour of the Sacred Valley of the Incas! First stop was for photos of the Incan temple of 'Sexy Woman'! (we dont know how to actually spell the name, but it sounds like that!) We then stopped at a Llama sanctuary where James had a sit down meal with some baby Llamas! We got many phot...

This mornning we caught a local bus for pisaq we were the only GRINGOīS on the bus full of locals it cost us 220 soles( that is the local currency, I am sure you figured that out though) about 90 cents the bus was jammed 24 peson bus with appox 40 people squished on it. about an hour later we hoped of in toun and made ou way up to the plaza de a...

Hello all, this is pictures and movies from Ruins around Cusco and Ruins in Pisac, a city about an hour from Cusco. Unfortunately we dont have the time to write more now, but well be sure to write more next week. Speak soon, Kasia and Alan

Today we hired a taxi to drive us to the town of Pisac for the big Sunday market. It was a taiste of real Peruvian Andes culture. There were almost no other tourists to be found. It also happened to be carnival and there were some wild festivities. In the main square there was a stage set up with traditional dances and singing. All around in the...

Sunday is market day in Pisac, the alpaca capital of Pisac and the surrounding valley. It is 1 hour drive from Cusco. I spent the day bargaining for things that I didnīt want and ending up buying because they were so cheap. e.g. I got an alpaca jumper for $10 which I wonīt ever wear. The markets had one area with food, a few live chickens and bl...

Early to rise and quick breakfast, featuring scrambled eggs today, and it's off to the plaza to meet with Patsy and Brel (Montreal) and catch a bus to the famous Sunday market at Pisac. We find the 'bus terminal' easily, try to disregard the stench of urine, cough up our 2.20 soles and get on board for our one hour ride to Pisac. Assigned seats!...

Hi, This is tim. I have been told that we may be boring you, so we just had a bottle of wine and we will try better. Anyways, I got a few hours of sleep last night. It is weird though, the sleep that I did get, isnīt very good sleep at all. No oxygen getting to my brain, which doesnīt help considering I am a moron anyway. I think I now know what...

Today we got the bus (ad it was a bus) to Pisaq, a local town only an hour away with a market and ruins. It was the bus of death as it swept around the cliff edge corners. When we arrived we started the trek up the mountain to the ruins. However the guide book told us the wrong direction and we ended up in someones house. We did see some humming...