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Leaving Cusco, heading home

Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006

Blu, Lindsey, and I awoke pretty early, so we went to grab some breakfast… I need to mention again my love for cheap, good, and filling Peruvian food. For only s/11, we got a huge brekkie. Toast, fruit, eggs, pancakes, meat, juice, coffee… and I think there was more I can’t remember. I was stuffed. P4220419.JPGThe weather was beautiful, so we did some walking around, stopping at a few more mercados… just general looking around, browsing, and chillin. Cusco is much nicer in the sun, compared to before the trek when it was wet and a bit dreary. The city still is a bit dirty in spots, though. There’s so many wild dogs running around that get into the trash and leave a mess when they’re done. Don’t they know to clean up after themselves? Sheesh…. And as we walked, we’d hit various areas that just reeked of urine. Don’t know if it was animal or human, but we’d assume both, as we blatantly saw a guy pissing on a pole one night… right out on the street. He looked pretty drunk, but apparently discretion isn’t a main concern…. [read on]

Day 1 in Cusco

Sunday, April 30th, 2006

So we made it Cusco alright. The Kiwi’s ended up being on the same flight as us, and Karl said he was staying at the Loki Hostel, which, incidently, was where we were thinking of staying per a previous recommendation. In the airport the night before, we also met up with two guys from Boston that were trying to figure out how to get to Cusco. They also were on our flight, and ended up staying at Loki. We’ve only been here a couple hours, and it’s already getting to be a party! I think everyone else ended up bussing it, but the four of us grabbed a cab. I was the elected translator in the group because, well, I’m the one that knew Spanish. Not that I’m fluent, but I can get by pretty well. Blu learned a bit before going, too, but didn’t know as much. I’m glad I did know it, because it makes hagglng prices easier. We got the cab to the hostel for 5 soles (about $1.50 USD)

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Loggin in from Lima

Saturday, April 15th, 2006

It´s been a long day... after working all day Thursday, I went home and got the last of my things together and met with Joe, Blu, and Lindsey. This was about midnight.... we had to be at the airport around ... [Continue reading this entry]