Puma Rock to Cusco
That's right Celia, you know Bolivia all too well! check out about 1000 updates below only recently added because of the beautiful technology advanced internet cafes that Cusco has to offer in comparison to it's neighbouring amigos in Bolivia.......
Lake Titi (puma) caca (rock) in the local dialect, aramaya (I think), was a cool place to chill for a few days before our final crusade to Cusco, Peru. We started at Copacabana, a little more mellow than the Brasilian Beach, sort of like Bolivia's Bzron Bay, with vegie retaurants and cool lounges with all you can go nuts with board games and so forth. The first day we spent frantically trying to change money cause stupid us didn't bring enough and check out the beautiful local church.
Some Red Wine and awesome Salmon Trout for dinner, set us up nicely for a long deep sleep.
The next day we headed of for a self guided tour of the Isla de Sol (Sun Island) where it is believed that the very first Inca's came from along with the sun and the moon from the nearby Isla de Luna.
We checked out some ruinas at one end of the island
before making our way South for the 3 hour, up and down, 4000m plus altitude, hike. Some beautiful views were to be had along the way as well as a killer headache due to the oxygen lacking air that our lungs were desperately trying to suck in.
A siesta saw us to dinner time where we made tracks for the local pizza joint, before retiring our tired bodies and heads. The next morning saw me make tracks for the local culture enriched cerro to take in some amazing views of the area.
Before lunch and the next leg of our Puma Rock journey to Puno, Peru, where we allowed ouselves enough time to check out Las Isla Flotantes (Floating Islands), where a community of 1000 people live, replacing the top layers of reeds that make up the islands 2 months of every year.
Before heading into a pumping down town for dinner and on to the bus station for our next leg to Cusco. Finally buses with decent seats and toilets again! (Still nothing beats Argentina). At the bus station we bumped into James (Croft work companion) & his girlfriend Sunny with whom we have been keeping in touch with in case our paths crossed. We thought we had missed each other, but when you least expect it, tired and waiting for your bus, what do you know. Pretty funny exchanging stories of where we've been and what we are onto. I don't think anything can prepare anyone better for the culture shock that can be casued when travelling through 3rd world countries than 9 months in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The rest of this continent is like luxury in comparison, I'm not sure whether Lilla is looking forward to Central America as much as I am after listening to some of their stories.
Cusco Peru, picked up from the bus station from some couch surfing companions and taken to the local shanty town. After Lilla experienced a freezing cold outside shower, we thought we would move into town. Spent the afternoon looking for an apartment before ending up moving in with Linnea and Camilla again for one last night of shennanigans including lots to drink and eat,
more tattoos,
a piercing and some crazy Cusco nightclub action.
Lilla starts school on Monday, whilst I take off on Tuesday for a 5 day hike up to Machu Pichu where I will meet Lil on Saturday. Until then we are going to spend our Easter relaxing and enjoying Cusco's nightlife with an Irish couple we met in Brasil. Can't find any easter eggs though so will have to make do with chocolate beer (well negro anyway).
And by now you know that all new countries need a new look!
Photos from Salar de Uyuni to follow......(sorry about the order of events) another day.
Lake Titi (puma) caca (rock) in the local dialect, aramaya (I think), was a cool place to chill for a few days before our final crusade to Cusco, Peru. We started at Copacabana, a little more mellow than the Brasilian Beach, sort of like Bolivia's Bzron Bay, with vegie retaurants and cool lounges with all you can go nuts with board games and so forth. The first day we spent frantically trying to change money cause stupid us didn't bring enough and check out the beautiful local church.
Some Red Wine and awesome Salmon Trout for dinner, set us up nicely for a long deep sleep.
The next day we headed of for a self guided tour of the Isla de Sol (Sun Island) where it is believed that the very first Inca's came from along with the sun and the moon from the nearby Isla de Luna.
We checked out some ruinas at one end of the island
before making our way South for the 3 hour, up and down, 4000m plus altitude, hike. Some beautiful views were to be had along the way as well as a killer headache due to the oxygen lacking air that our lungs were desperately trying to suck in.
A siesta saw us to dinner time where we made tracks for the local pizza joint, before retiring our tired bodies and heads. The next morning saw me make tracks for the local culture enriched cerro to take in some amazing views of the area.
Before lunch and the next leg of our Puma Rock journey to Puno, Peru, where we allowed ouselves enough time to check out Las Isla Flotantes (Floating Islands), where a community of 1000 people live, replacing the top layers of reeds that make up the islands 2 months of every year.
Before heading into a pumping down town for dinner and on to the bus station for our next leg to Cusco. Finally buses with decent seats and toilets again! (Still nothing beats Argentina). At the bus station we bumped into James (Croft work companion) & his girlfriend Sunny with whom we have been keeping in touch with in case our paths crossed. We thought we had missed each other, but when you least expect it, tired and waiting for your bus, what do you know. Pretty funny exchanging stories of where we've been and what we are onto. I don't think anything can prepare anyone better for the culture shock that can be casued when travelling through 3rd world countries than 9 months in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The rest of this continent is like luxury in comparison, I'm not sure whether Lilla is looking forward to Central America as much as I am after listening to some of their stories.
Cusco Peru, picked up from the bus station from some couch surfing companions and taken to the local shanty town. After Lilla experienced a freezing cold outside shower, we thought we would move into town. Spent the afternoon looking for an apartment before ending up moving in with Linnea and Camilla again for one last night of shennanigans including lots to drink and eat,
more tattoos,
a piercing and some crazy Cusco nightclub action.
Lilla starts school on Monday, whilst I take off on Tuesday for a 5 day hike up to Machu Pichu where I will meet Lil on Saturday. Until then we are going to spend our Easter relaxing and enjoying Cusco's nightlife with an Irish couple we met in Brasil. Can't find any easter eggs though so will have to make do with chocolate beer (well negro anyway).
And by now you know that all new countries need a new look!
Photos from Salar de Uyuni to follow......(sorry about the order of events) another day.
posted by Sanchez at 6:51 AM
1 Comments:
would i be correct in thinking that photo of you guys eating dinner is at a restaurant called "fallen angels" and you are sitting at the bath/fish bowl?? did you also get that tattoo on the same street as the irish pub? thats where steve got his tattoo. crazy people. make sure you have a full breakfast from "pi" before leaving cusco and lay off the toilet cues in mama africa/americas...
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