Los Apus

... bus ride to Cusco. Breathtaking heights, and moments We stayed on a great street in Cusco at a nice hotel, Hotel y Mirador Los Apus, in the quiet and hilly San Blas neighborhood.  There are several decent restaurants and two tiny interesting squares ...

... heroes and the saftey staff in kayaks were sensational. When we got back to cusco my family was there to greet us at hotel Los Apus, which turned out to be decent. Good beds, hot water, average breakfast. There was one incident where the electricity and ...

... -and-out of the traffic transfers. Up a small alleyway past an old lady selling woollen hats and you'll find our hotel the "Los Apus". We had a coca tea and headed out to explore the town, which seems full of museums and churches. Apparently there is a ...

... for today. We were tired of travel?    Today Tina took a sickie with stomach problems. The staff at the Los Apus Hotel were very understanding and brought hot water and coca tea to help her recover. Tina could not make her spanish ...

... Cusco agricultural people. The Cusco farmers were mad that the water they used was being sold to Arequipa. Checking into the Los Apus Hotel was a bit chaotic because of the strike actions. We had Francis (our guide from the airport) telling us  ...

... gap year helping out a centre for abandoned children. Which is my segue for the following announcement: Through Apus Peru Adventure Travel, I have donated most of my 'souvenir spending money' towards helping to build  a sustainable ...

... tienen tiendas por toda la zona hotelera y era como ver diferentes versiones del Apu vendiendo toda clase de objetos jejeje pinches Apus, por cierto unos malditos no me quisieron vender una camara fotográfica, creo que se arrepientieron de la ganga que ...

Da har vi kommet til Peru - hvor vi skal være i 11 dager.  Peru er det landet fra i fjor som vi virkelig ønsket å se mer av.  Etter en kjempefrokost på hotellet tok vi morgenflyet fra Guayaquil til Cusco med stopover i Lima. Fikk smake på ...

Many travelers visit Peru or even the entire South American continent solely for the purpose of setting foot on Macchu Pichu, the famed showpiece of the Incan empire, one of the New 7 Wonders of the world. Finally, after more than 2 months of travel ...

Excited to say the troops finally landed in Cusco, Sharon and Jo & Paul came in mid morning and managed somehow to last the whole day without flagging - valiant effort. Took them for alpaca for lunch, followed by a walk up the hill (this is actually a ...

After a rejuvenating snooze we donned our puffer jackets and headed out in the dimly lit streets of Cuzco in search of a Peruvian dinner. Given we have great Wifi access we knew where we were headed - Marcello Batatas - only a few blocks away. #1 on Trip ...

After missing out on Monday we jumped into a taxi and headed for the ruins at Pisac. Pisac park entry is part of the ticket you can buy that allows entry into the ruins in the Sacred Valley and around Cusco. The ticket is called "Boleta ...

From our Hotel on Choquechaca we  could  walk to the Plaza de Armas or the  Plaza San Blas in minutes.  There was another day of striking but this one was non-violent. All the tourists stayed on the edge of the Plaza de Armas while ...

Tina had planned to go with the Spanish School group to a  school for people with a disability. So we bought some finger-puppets and were waiting around in the Plaza. A man named Ariel wanted to take us on a tour, for  example to the Sacred ...