We came to Cusco after a 20h bus journey that took us over the andes from Lima, and on the way all our fellow travelers where sniffing Alcohol, like the kind you clean wounds with to help with the motion sickness and such.
what more was that during the night our neighbors had brought an opened bottle of red wine on the bus and all of it leaked out on the floor and soaking our stuff, including our Guidebook we tried yelling at them and complaining to the staff working on the buss but we barley got a "I'm sorry."
We did give them the evil eye for a long time though. =)

When we arrived we first walked around in the rain looking for hostels and after much work we found one that was cheap enough and had what we needed (like warm water and thick blankets.)
After that we spent the first two days getting used to the altitude and booking a tour to see Machu Picchu.
Then we had everything sorted out and we were scheduled to leave on the 27:th.
But first there was my birthday, Steffi woke me up and had hid presents in the room.

So i found a alpaca sweater in a drawer together with a nice little flute. and a sticker for my coming motorbike saying "i Love boobies" and a picture of a blue footed Boobie from Galapagos.
after that we had breakfast in bed and then we spent the day walking around town and getting a massage.
Also we moved to a new hostel that was fantastic! owned by a South African lady and called Casa de la Gringa.
and thanks to this hostel we ended up staying allot longer in Cuzco than we had planed for.
Also we got a free night! but thats a long story ;)
All the room are individual and most of them have a beautiful view over the city!
During my birthday it rained allot though and also during the night so the next day we went to check our tour and they told us to come back that same night to tell us if we could go or not.
Because all the rain had caused massive landslides so allot of roads and houses around Cuzco was damaged. That night we also found out that they had closed Machu Picchu and all the roads to Aguas Calientes were destroyed leaving thousands of people trapped and than the next week our so they were helicoptering people out and carrying supplies in.
So the next days we spent trekking around Cusco and especially around The temple of the moon with is a truly beautiful place! when we saw that Steffis reaction was. " Fuck Machu Picchu!".

Thats all we did i Cuzco next we went to Puno and Lake titicaca but thats another story!

Ciao
Chris!

written by  Steffi & Chris on January 25, 2010 from Cusco, Peru
from the travel blog: 212 days
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Hej!
Skont att ni missade jordbavningen! =)
- Fuck Machu Picchu! ...det ar ratta takter!
Sorry att vi inte skrivit pa lange, vi far internet om nagra dagar.
Pengarna tog slut sa vi var tvugna att borja jobba. Just nu skriver jag fran jobbet.
Jag jobbar pa en fabrik som framstaller smak och fargamnen. Jag gor E324 och likande pa heltid, haha.
De gor bara "naturliga" amnen sa alla ravaror ar riktig frukt och sa...men anda laskiga saker som hander har, berattar mer sen.

Sa ni ar i Argentina nu? Ar det dar ni ska stanna en langre tid? Hoppas ni har det bra, jag skriver mer om nagra dagar nar vi har internet.

Ha det guld!

written by  Jonte on March 2, 2010

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