Hosteria Rumichaca Cusco

... were incredible for what was poor quality digs compared to what we are used to. One place I was glad to get out of as we got some very suspicious looks from the arab looking clientelle watching Al jazeera on the box, It seemed like some kind of Al Qaida terror cell, unsurprisingly they said it was full.<br><br>1st November was the day of our flight from Lima (Peru) to Panama City, a very sad day as our last in what has been a very eventful 3 months in South America.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br ><br><br>

... gifts with both hands, to use one was against local custom. This was exceptionally moving, the kids were so grateful, a new book and pen was like watching one of my nieces or nephews receiving a new Nintendo DS for Christmas. The harsh truth was that this was a pass to eduction, a chance of learning, without these gifts these children would not be able to attend school, the area was so remote that a simple pen and book was hard to come by. I will never forget the look of joy in ...

... kind of shredding off with your fork, but the skin was really tough... the accompanying stuffed peppers were gorgeous, and I expect were probably stuffed with the offal, but it was really tasty so I didnt care!<br><br>WE chatted to the waiter a bit more about how it was cooked etc, and where it was from - he told us stories of his travelling days as a chef on cruise liners... and then gave us a history of Guinea Pig in ...

... nice home counties education but now im finding myself around the world, spending daddies cash. Yes ive been doing this for two years hence all my ridiculous bangles, but its still too hot, too cold, im tired, too uncomfortable, and i want the video in english please even though we are on a peruvian bus, and im going to continue this whining for 20 hours." Sadly she survived the bus journey.<br>5) Having sunglasses and documents nicked ...

... br>Transportation options: <br>1) The most desireable means is to take the train the whole way there. This is also the most expensive at about $50 each way...train: OUT.<br>2) The next option is to bus part of the way and train the rest, cutting costs to $31 for the train and $5 for the bus, each way. Still expensive...partial train: OUT.<br>3) There is no road into Aguas Caliente, so bussing all the way is not an option. However, on the "back side" a road ...

... starts for me in 2 days time. Of course, I guess that´s just the price you have to pay for such a nice city with so many attractions and being the locus for the piece de la resistance of any Peruvian visit - Macchu Pichu. <br>So I arrived here yesterday evening after a 10 hour bus haul from Andahuaylas. The first half to Abanacay was unsealed but the 2nd half was paved. 335km total. I left at 6am, arrived at 4pm. The road is ...

... with beautiful views of the hills especially at night time. Almost every central street has remains of Inca walls.There is plenty of markets to shop around. <br><br>There is only one annoying thing about Cuzco is after a while you just get fed up as a tourist with the amount of people asking you CONSTANTLY to buy things yet the best one was the people wanting u to take photos with them and having to pay them for it, after the 100th ...

Monday 19th April - Thursday 23rd April<br><br>Leaving Copacabana and Bolivia was arduous - mainly because of the vehicle changes we had to go through. In typical South American fashion, we had to get off our bus at the border, go through the check point, walk across the border, wait for the connecting bus with our baggage, get on that one - and change buses again at Puno, what a mission!<br><br>I'd been looking forward to returning to Cuzco, my last trip here had fond memories of a ...

... seemingly had come out from nowhere to say hello. While we were debating as to which taxi to take us back to central Cuzco, 2 guys were smiling and eyeing out Brenda. They seemed to be in awe as to how tall she was. (Brenda is over 6 foot tall.) We were about to go inside a taxi to head for a central town supermarket when the two guys asked if they could join us. Brenda said "claro!" and they eager-beaver jumped in with us. I was upset with ...

... local diner where there were many locals on their working lunch breaks. We had the alpaca meat and juice that came from a large bucket to be served to the customers. Brenda was a little nervous in trying her alpaca dish and didn&#8217;t finish it. Even though it was a bit thin and tough, I really enjoyed mine. Later that evening Brenda was starting to not feel so well, but I assumed it was because of the large greasy Chinese meals we had for ...