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“Se” Elizabethlb’s photos around Cusco, Peru

  • Posted on September 6, 2011 at 7:22 am

Preview of Elizabethlb’s blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Cusco, Peru Entry Title: “Se” Entry: “An hour flight over the mountains took us to Cusco, the “navel” of the ancient Inca capital. The city sits at about 10000 ft and is the jumping off point for the Inca Trail. It was overcast when we arrived, so we sat outselves at the cafe Ayllu for some maté (apple pie) and people watching in the main Plaza de Armas. We moved into our hostal, el Albergue Municipal, after a steep climb upwards from the plaza– but totally worth it for the views. We spent the first few days getting situated and drinking mass amounts of water in an attempt to speed the acclimitization process. This prompted many trips to the bathroom. Recent regulations on the Inca trail require certified guides to accompany any trekkers. We settled on Peru Treks and Adventures, which turned out to be a good choice. We met up with Nate and the three of us prepared ourselves for the trip- (according to our guides, my gortex jacket will definitly NOT do. better to buy a plastic poncho- which turned out to be a lovely shade of purple. Laura might win though, with her purchase of some red plastic pants to compliment her red poncho). First of all, the night before Peru Treks dropped off our rented sleeping bags which turned out to be HUGE and filled up the majority of our daypacks, which …

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“The Inca Trail” Dimwits’s photos around Cusco, Peru (inca trail travel blog)

  • Posted on July 31, 2011 at 9:24 pm

Preview of Dimwits’s blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Cusco, Peru Entry Title: “The Inca Trail” Entry: “Inca Trail After rolling home from the fantastic cevicheria we spent the whole afternoon packing and preparing for the climax of our whole 5 month journey. I think everyone was as nervous as excited and we didn’t get much sleep before our sparrow **** wakeup call. We boarded our bus and met our guides, Freddy and Ernesto. The rest of our group consisted of 3 young Canadians, Jared, Heather and John, 2 elderly Americans, Barbara and Richard, 3 young Germans, Sebastian, Christian and Mandy, 1 young French girl, Mandy who ended up being my mom’s tentmate, and finally 2 young Scots, Paul and Charlotte. We also had 20 porters and a chef. We carried all our own stuff (clothes, sleeping bags and mats, water and snacks) which I’m really glad we did as it heightened the sense of achievement. 400 max people (incl porters) start the trail each day, an effort by the government to preserve it – previously people would practically run amok starting camp fires everywhere and littering profusely. No private individuals can do the trail, only with a registered company. It’s done over 4 days and covers a distance of around 42km following the original path the incas took. We bussed to Ollantaytambo for a quick hearty breakfast, bought our walking sticks and …

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“The start to my South America trip” Laurenmckowen’s photos around Cusco, Peru

  • Posted on July 30, 2011 at 9:41 am

Preview of Laurenmckowen’s blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Cusco, Peru Entry Title: “The start to my South America trip” Entry: “Lili and I arrived in Lima at one am to find a taxi man waiting for us with my name on the board. got to our hostel called the flying dog and woke up Ang who had arrived earlier that day. Had a few hours sleep and then enjoyed my first egg since I left London. We went to the supermarket to get a few things for our long bus journey. Travelled for 22 hours to Cusco, we left at 5pm. Although the journey was long, the bus was actually very comfortable, the seats go right back that you are almost lying down and you have other things to support your legs, kind of felt like we were travelling business class.They also give you food like a plane and we watched about 4 movies, quite amazing actually. Luckily we took travel sickness tablets, as there were many people who took huge strain, especially one guy who was green and couldnt keep anything down. Note to self always take tablets before any travel, not good to wait to see if it will affect you or not. We arrived in Cusco, and immediately loved it, such a beautful, ancient city, with street vendours about. loads of cafes, just a nice feel. Went straight to our hostel, and then we met up with Tricia at the main square and enjoyed a beer and pizza. early night for us …

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“Amazon and Machu Picchu” Will.shaw’s photos around Cusco, Peru (machu picchu hiking sticks)

  • Posted on July 28, 2011 at 11:10 am

Preview of Will.shaw’s blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Cusco, Peru Entry Title: “Amazon and Machu Picchu” Entry: “From Puno, we reached Cusco by bus, where the craziest week of the trip was to happen, it involved plenty of early starts and only one day of relaxation. The first morning we were in Cusco 2 members of the group and I caught a flight to Puerto Maldonado, a city in the middle of the Amazon, the temperature was ridiculously hot and sunny, 28ºC and it was yet to reach 9am! After a 2 hour boat ride down the river we reached our lodge, which was run by a very nice French lady who made everyone feel at home, our guide was also very friendly and helped us make the most of our time in the rainforest. Whilst staying at the “Caymon Lodge” we did many hikes and saw a lot of wildlife, again like in the Pantonal, we managed to do a bit of Piranha fishing, and again I went in the water with them, this time was slightly more scary because before jumping in I could hear the Piranhas nibbling at the boat I was jumping in from! The nights were also comfortable, mosquito nets, bug spray and Malarone tablets helped me stay bite free and we were catered for by students from Lima University studying hospitality so everything went well. Our last night we went on a river tour and out of nowhere our guide jumped out of the boat onto a baby Caymon and we …

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“Cusco & the Lares Trek” Sarahstravels’s photos around Cusco, Peru (raul guide cusco peru)

  • Posted on July 25, 2011 at 12:20 am

Preview of Sarahstravels’s blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Cusco, Peru Entry Title: “Cusco & the Lares Trek” Entry: “Lots to catch up on this time…over a week in Cusco!… Having spent the night on the bus from Arequipa (straight from the end of the colca canyon trek!) we arrived in Cusco 7am ish, went straight to our hostel and were SO excited to see seriously comfy looking beds, and DUVETS in our 12 person dorm!! We figured we needed a couple of lazy days to recover from the canyon and get ready for our big 4day hike here in Cusco, so we didn’t really do too much the Sunday we arrived and the Monday – we just wandered round the city, really lovely and lots of facinating things to see, including San Pedro market, a typical local’s market which sells just about everything – the standard gifty things, meat aisle (yes, chickens hanging from a washing line across the front of all the stalls!), fish aisle, egg aisle, cheese aisle, fruit aisle, veg aisle, cake aisle, fruit juice-making aisle, where 20 or so women each on their own little stand wave their menus at us shouting “sin agua” cos they know tourists cant drink the water here. Its pretty intimidating when you’re really tempted by the huge baskets of amazing looking fruit they all have nexf to their blenders, but you just dont know who to go to – theres literally loads of them, all …

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“Day 142 – Cusco to Ayapata (Inca Trail)” Al_fey’s photos around Machu Picchu, Peru

  • Posted on July 24, 2011 at 2:50 am

Preview of Al_fey’s blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Machu Picchu, Peru Entry Title: “Day 142 – Cusco to Ayapata (Inca Trail)” Entry: “We were not looking forward to our 4am collection this morning, and were naturally in a zombie-like trance for the first few hours. We were the last to be collected, so we couldn´t sit together, not that either of us were particularly in the mood for conversation. Katie was soon chatting away to an Aussie couple, while I tried in vain to get some precious sleep. The journey to the start of the Inca Trail trek would take us approximately 3 hours (including a stop for breakfast), which is quite a long time in a small mini-bus with a group of 6, a driver, a guide, and a bunch of young porters who were sleeping at the back, leaning all over each other. Very cute ! As we left Cusco it was still dark, and we re-traced our steps through the Sacred Valley until we reached Ollantaytambo, the small town which you might remember boasts the magnificent temple and terraces, and the face of the stone man carved into the opposite mountain. We had breakfast in a restaurant on the main square, which was fine, but unfortunately I was still absolutely knackered and kept very quiet. Half an hour later we were back in the bus, and on our way to collect a Kiwi couple from their hostel in the town. They had very sensibly decided to …

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