Everyone always wants to know what we paid for a trip, so here goes. For a week in an exotic country, far from home, it was pretty cheap. I could have gone a little cheaper, but it was cheap enough already that we didn’t feel the need to economize on the major items (and we [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Cuzco'
What We Paid in the Sacred Valley of Peru, including Machu Picchu
June 9th, 2009 No Comments
Tags: Aguas Calientes Peru · Cusco · Cuzco · Machu Picchu · Sacred Valley · Travel Spanish
World’s longest parade and shortest route
May 18th, 2009 No Comments
We stood on the sidelines for almost an hour, but the sun was getting too hot, so we found one of the many balconied restaurants surrounding the plaza, got ourselves a balcony and had lunch as we watched the parade continue. And continue and continue. We took over an hour to eat lunch, just taking our time, and the parade showed no sign of ending when we left.
Tags: Aguas Calientes Peru · Cusco · Cuzco · Travel Spanish
Cusco - Cuzco - Qosqo and around
May 18th, 2009 No Comments
The route we drove, even in the dark, looked pretty dismal. Just as I was thinking “could they have chosen a worse looking entry to Cusco?”, we came to the top of a crest and there was the entire city of Cusco lit up in the valley below us. Wow. Stunning.
Our Peru Itinerary
April 23rd, 2009 No Comments
Our first stop, if you don’t count stopping in Cusco to prepay for train tickets to Machu Picchu, will be in the Sacred Valley town of Ollantaytambo. We have reservations at the Hostal Sauce. Yeah, strange name. It certainly isn’t cheap by Peruvian standards, but it includes a buffet breakfast, and they’ll transport us to [...]
Tags: Aguas Calientes Peru · Cusco · Cuzco · Gringo Bill's · Hostal Marini · Hostal Sauce · Learn Spanish · Machu Picchu · Ollantaytambo · Peru · Peru Rail · speak Spanish · Travel Spanish
