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Colonial Cusco
Our stay in Cusco was both relaxing and filled with the excitement of celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the re-discovery of Machu Picchu. While the city is often overflowing with tourists and many, sometimes pushy, locals hawking their goods, it still had a certain charm about it. The architecture there was beautiful and we had a good time …
Cuzco
Day 32) Hello Peru! We arrived into Cuzco in the early afternoon and were greeted with a flurry of markets and entrepreneurs on the street selling everything from ice cream to nail clippers. The town is very touristy since many people stay here on their way to Machu Picchu. However, Cuzco has its own impressive sites and we spent the next few days …
Coca tea and altitude
Hello Cuzco, you beautiful beast! The flight from Lima to Cuzco was amazing, flying over the Andes is something else! We couldn't wait to see what Cuzco had to offer. We were here for 2 nights before and also 2 nights after our trip to Machu Picchu, 4 nights in one place is usually too much for me but I fell in love with Cuzco. It's one of those …
Cusquenian Christmas
Our plan to do the Inca trail before xmas was thwarted by the incompetance of our tour agency, who put the wrong names on our permits. So when they picked us up from the hotel at 630am, it was only to drive us round the corner and tell us that we couldn´t go. What followed is best forgotten, but 48 hours later we did eventually get all of our money …
Cuzco - Day 31 (Day off)
Cuzco - Day off...no miles, how strange!
Even though it is a day off I am still awake at 6am, there will be plenty of time for laying in bed bored out of my mind or asleep when I get home!
Not going to let not going to see Machu Picchu get me down - I'm coming back to see it!
We are going to see the Ruinas oe …
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