Rupa Wasi Peru

... only be described as 'heaven on earth' Walker had his favorite meal of the trip that night at Treehouse restaurant at Rupa Wasi- quinoa crusted trout fishsticks over cheesey risotto and mulberry sauce....    Rupa Wasi is well worth the ...

... , is impressively preserved.) Went with James, our southern gentleman(Tessa just calls him Georgia), and stayed in an Eco-lodge called Rupa Wasi. A bit of a splurge...and a disappointment! We planned to catch the first bus up to Macchu Picchu at 5:30AM so ...

... I stop them and ask if they know of a good hostel. They walk me back to their hostel and I take a room with shower at the Rupa Wasi Hotel, in the neighborhood of San Blas, at 9$ a night. After unpacking I take a walk through the streets of Cusco. It ...

... and we've had some great chats and brilliant laughs. Two Pisco sours in Nasca! I spend the night at a great eco lodge called Rupa Wasi in Aguas Calientes with Angie, we go to the hot springs to relax our muscles and have a rather good trout dinner. ...

... As soon as we get off the train, you guessed it... nose in book.  A brief respite and we were off to the Rupa Wasi Eco Lodge.  The hostel itself requires that you walk up a shit load of steps before getting to its lobby and ...

... to deactivate the card, after having decided to change banks. Walking back to San Blas, I find a youth hostel a mere block from Rupa Wasi. I retreive my backpack. The look of sheer horror on the face of the owner when I tell her about the lost card ...

... some time to enforce it: - bus ride from Aguas Calientes to Machu Picchu, US$10/person - park entrance fee, US$45/person - box lunch we bought from the Rupa Wasi Hostel, US$10/person ... and so on, and so on.  But damn, the place was still worth it. ...

... you can imagine that I didn`t sleep too much that night. I checked in into a hostal which was recommended by several books, the Rupa Wasi, a charming eco-lodge, who prepared breakfast just for me even that it was 10:30am already. On the other hand it was ...

... Picchu are the most famous ruins I know of that are easily accessible (plus they are one of the modern 7 wonders of the world) so Peru was an easy choice.  Was it worth it? Oh yes. A thousand times yes. Machu Picchu was astounding. On our next post ...

... as they have only seen A-list celebrities like us in movies like Gigli 2 or reality shows. From China to India to Peru, we can't get away from the paparazzi aka unsuspecting rural people that have never seen Americans in person before. We finally headed ...

We had a free day in Aguas Calientes. Later we took the train back to Ollantaytambo. Edgar and his wife picked us up and took us back to Cusco. On the drive we stopped at an Incan bar and played a bar game outside (similar to skeeball). Walker lost to ...

Due to the bad floods of last year at this time, our much anticipated train trip on the Hiram Bingham (Orient Express) was only operating halfway, as the railway from Cusco to Ollantaytambo has been closed for Jan and Feb. So alas had to take the first ...

We stayed here 2 nights so that we would have more time to explore Machu Picchu.  Basically unless you pay a lot of money to stay at the only resort in Machu Picchu, you will be staying in this neighboring town.  We got up extremely early (3 or ...

... Ninos Hotel, as well as the Foundation that the Ninos Hotel supports.   8-9) Tie between Casa Palermitano in Buenos Aires and Rupa Wasi Lodge in Aguas Calientes. The owner of Casa P was wonderful and super friendly, the house was awesome, but it was ...