The beauty of Cusco and its surrondings (aka the Sacred Valley) have allowed Peter to move on from the Leatherman incident. In the last 3 days, we have been buzy visiting many inca ruins. It seems we did the best from our boleto touristico : In Cusco, you must buy an expensive entrance ticket which includes 16 sites, even some you don want to see. Surprisingly we managed to see 11 out of 16! We experienced Cusco public buses and as well the taxis collectivos. This afternoon we struggled to find a taxi collectivo back to Cusco..as we were in a remote village at the wrong time. After 30 mins, a cool quechuan taxi driver offered us to take us for 10€ with 2 other guys to 3 inca sites and then back to Cusco. It was a pretty funny team, the 5 of us cramped in the taxi (the driver, 2 crazy young tourists from Argentina and Peru and the 2 of us) driving super fast on dusty roads where we met at every corner some pigs, chickens, donkeys, cows, sheep and even more donkeys and dogs.
We as well used the last 3 days to train for the 4 days Inca Trail: 45km above 2500m with the highest point at 4230 meters. We had the introduction meeting tonight, it seems pretty scary..especially the guide was adressing an audience in which i didn t recognize myself "Don t go too fast, please don t skip the breaks, it s not a race etc.." Me I needed to hear "You can do it, many people do it every day, we are here to help you. believe in yourself"..
If everything turns out fine, we will see the Machu Pichu on the 9th of November (which should be the birthday of Ilana and Lasse).
Anyway, here are some pics:
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Great pics! Good energy! Go go go.
ReplyDeleteNo worries Amélie, you'll manage to go up to 'les cités d'or' - It s cool to read about your trip - are you doing the "official" Inca trail or going another way? How much does it cost, and please keep the name of your guide / agency, to pass it over to me when you return! Marie
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