Peru Day 5
I need to play a little catch up for everyone reading this, so I'm going to start with summarizing our trip in Cusco, Aguas Calientes and Machu Picchu.
On our first day in Cusco we all got totally sun burned before we even knew it. Dan and AJ were like lobsters, and I'm wasn't much better off. But the weather was awesome - no rain until about 10 the second night and highs in the low 70's.
We had some great food - but were still trying to find a good place for guinea pig - a staple in Cusco apparently.
We had alpaca steak, a wide variety of traditional andean dishes (which were great), some terrific bbq and lots of crazy jungle fruit. We hiked up tall hills, but in the thin air it doesn't take much to wind you.
The first night we had a little trouble - there was a car in front of our hotel with the alarm going off until 2 in the morning. After the first hour of it, Dan and I pelted it with jungle fruit out of frustration. We also had to get Dan an oxygen bottle because the altitude sickness was still giving him trouble. He was fine the next day and we all seemed to have finally acclimated to the thin air.
The next day we took an 11 hour tour of the sacred valley of the Incas. We went to places I had never been before and it was awesome! We had a really terrific time.
There have been some amazing churches - some as old as 500 years. It's quite remarkable
The next day we hit Aguas Calientes. Talk about a tourist trap! I've never been so glad to leave a place.
On Tuesday we went to Machu Picchu. We were picked up at 6 am and taken up to the top of the mountain.
Our guide was a little spacey - probably was an Incan shaman in a past life. Very funny guy. He took us on a tour for about 3 hours then we had the day to ourselves. It rained on and off, and we got shrouded in clouds quite a bit. Nevertheless, we got some great pictures and movies.
We hiked all over the place and exhausted ourselves completely. It was great fun.
Kari and Tom stayed for another day in MP while Amy and Dan and I returned to Cusco Tuesday night. We had a great dinner at a 'European' restaurant as we were all kind of tired of Peruvian stuff.
Wednesday we returned to Lima and enjoyed some sightseeing and checking out my old hangouts. The city has changed dramatically - for the better, I think. We enjoyed some great cebiche and anticuchos and just basically took it easy.
Today we're getting our rental car and driving to Ica where we'll charter a plane and check out the Nazca lines.
This trip has been a marathon!
On our first day in Cusco we all got totally sun burned before we even knew it. Dan and AJ were like lobsters, and I'm wasn't much better off. But the weather was awesome - no rain until about 10 the second night and highs in the low 70's.
We had some great food - but were still trying to find a good place for guinea pig - a staple in Cusco apparently.
We had alpaca steak, a wide variety of traditional andean dishes (which were great), some terrific bbq and lots of crazy jungle fruit. We hiked up tall hills, but in the thin air it doesn't take much to wind you.
The first night we had a little trouble - there was a car in front of our hotel with the alarm going off until 2 in the morning. After the first hour of it, Dan and I pelted it with jungle fruit out of frustration. We also had to get Dan an oxygen bottle because the altitude sickness was still giving him trouble. He was fine the next day and we all seemed to have finally acclimated to the thin air.
The next day we took an 11 hour tour of the sacred valley of the Incas. We went to places I had never been before and it was awesome! We had a really terrific time.
There have been some amazing churches - some as old as 500 years. It's quite remarkable
The next day we hit Aguas Calientes. Talk about a tourist trap! I've never been so glad to leave a place.
On Tuesday we went to Machu Picchu. We were picked up at 6 am and taken up to the top of the mountain.
Our guide was a little spacey - probably was an Incan shaman in a past life. Very funny guy. He took us on a tour for about 3 hours then we had the day to ourselves. It rained on and off, and we got shrouded in clouds quite a bit. Nevertheless, we got some great pictures and movies.
We hiked all over the place and exhausted ourselves completely. It was great fun.
Kari and Tom stayed for another day in MP while Amy and Dan and I returned to Cusco Tuesday night. We had a great dinner at a 'European' restaurant as we were all kind of tired of Peruvian stuff.
Wednesday we returned to Lima and enjoyed some sightseeing and checking out my old hangouts. The city has changed dramatically - for the better, I think. We enjoyed some great cebiche and anticuchos and just basically took it easy.
Today we're getting our rental car and driving to Ica where we'll charter a plane and check out the Nazca lines.
This trip has been a marathon!
posted by Star Clipper at Thursday, March 23, 2006
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