Sunday, September 14, 2008

Cuzco

We have spent the last couple days in Cusco.... It is a very nice city, although it is full with tourists... It is very famous for its plaza de armas (looks like whenever there is a nice place in a peruvian city, they call it plaza de armas...). It took us a few days to rest from El Misti (especially Gustav jajaja). But now, we are in shape, so we can go for another trek!


That s me looking for a pair of shoes... as you can see, the shoe on the right misses a few centimeters to make me happy... Hopefully, I eventually found a place to fix my chinese "timberland" for 6 euros (half the price I paid, lets hope it will last)... For the record, the vendor asked 90 euros for a pair of shoes that did not even fit!

We'll be off the radar for the next couple days because we are leaving tomorrow at 6.30am for a 3-day trek. The first day will be biking, then two long days of walking through the Jungle (yes, we have mosquito repellent). On Wednesday night, we should make it to Aguas Calientes (or Machu Picchu Pueblo). Gustav will be heading back to Cusco since he has better to do than visiting Macchu Picchu again... I will stay one night there and visit it on Thursday (so tonight I'll make sure my camera batteries are full).

Oh, and yesterday, we went to a bar, where there was an amazing concert... The piano player is from Madrid and should give me some tips for Piano there (piano bars, and piano teachers...). I also played a couple songs before the concert.

15 comments:

Grégoire said...

What happened to Gustav ? How come he's not on any picture ? Was he really so tired of your last treks that he didn't even want to be on the pictures ?
That's great that you already met someone who'll be able to show you some bars where you can play the piano in Madrid ! Sure thing, i'll come as often as possible next year to see your live performances !

Enjoy

Pierre said...

wow... that was fast! and late if I add the 7 hours :-).

The thing is : we have one camera each. Since it takes forever to upload pictures, we only do it from one camera at a time and Gustav happens to have way more pictures from me than him (surprising huh...).
Next time, I'll be uploading, so Gustav will be the star.

I really have a hard time figuring what we should do about Bolivia : There are three main things that I wanted to do there.

- Visit La Paz
- Take a bike ride on the world's most dangerous road
- climb a 6000m+ mountain
- See Salar de Uyuni

The two last, we can do it from Chile, supposed to be safer. So we would not be missing much.
On the other hand, every backpacker I ask tells me it's not a problem to go to Copacabana, La Paz, and Potosi...

We have a week to take our decision (we should be in Puno next Saturday)

Anonymous said...

that's why the family should never be aware of travel blogs, otherwise they flood it with safety advices. just go to bolivia, I heard mountains are higher there. and shoes don't break up.

Pouic said...

" Take a bike ride on the world's most dangerous road"

Hmmm... What ? :-)

Anonymous said...

pfff, salete de connexion en amerique latine... l ordi voulait pas poster de commentaire hier >< et du coup jsuis pas la premiere snifff =( ... quelle idee de faire un blog en anglais !! passe a l espagnol maintenant :p, je comprendrais mieux :D... en argentine, bien que je mange du riz tous les jours... y a quand meme une specialite de ma region trop bonne !! je te ferai gouter ca quand tu viendras ;) gros bisouus et bon voyagee (heureusement que les cars sont trop confortables ici, parce que bon... )

Anonymous said...

Hi,
So the shoes problem is solved. Watch the tires if you rent a bike, and take care on the roads....
Best Regards Jean-Yves

Anonymous said...

Better things to do .....

Pierre said...

My shoes are dead again...
And I am going to Machu Picchu tomorrow, first thing in the morning. Gustav has taken the train back to Cusco tonight. Unfortunately, there seem to be no more train tickets for tomorrow, so I might have to take a 6-hour bus ride instead...

Pouic said...

Mince, c'est galère cette histoire de pompes...
Et en plus, un super voyage en bus :)
C'est ta journée dis moi ? ;-)

Bon courage :)

Grégoire said...

Bah moi je suis content de ne chausser que du 45 ;)

Anonymous said...

Hi,
You told us before that buses are very comfortable, wiht beds...
By the way, you did not tell us how was the bed between Arequipa and Cusco... ;-)
Best Regards Jean-Yves

Anonymous said...

Hi,
You have a last chance to wish a happy birthday to Margherita before 10pm today, French (and Italian...) time :-)
Best Regards Jean-Yves

Pouic said...

I don't know who is Margherita, but happy birthday to her ! :-)

Pierre said...

Happy Birthday Margherita...
I am one day late, but I have a good excuse : Machu Picchu was amazing yesterday... Nice weather, nice pictures, not all that crowded! Pictures coming in a couple hours...

Yannick said...

Helene, je compatis et soutiens ! Quelle idée de ne tout écrire qu'en anglais ! Et quelle motivation des français qui répondent en anglais ...

Les chaussures ont l'air grosses par rapport à ta tête... Tu es sûr que ce n'est pas du 74 au lieu du 47 ?