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City life
(May 04 '06)
The first day back in Cusco after the Inca Trail mainly consisted of shopping with coffee breaks, followed by a well-earned 1.5hr long massage for the sum total of $10!!! It was wonderfully relaxing ...
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Cusco - The heart of the Incas
(Nov 14 '07)
Cusco really is the booming tourist capital of Peru. The amount of foreigners here can not be compared to anywhere else we`ve been in this country. At first thought I found it to be absolutely crazy, ...
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Sunday we took an all day tour of the Sacred Valley which is the area between Cusco and Machu Picchu with lots of ruins, markets, etc. ...
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Ollantaytambo, and the start of the trail
(Oct 18 '06)
Well, first of all, happy birthday Therese! The big 30, and what a way to spend a birthday. The day started early, since we were getting picked up "between 5.20 and 6.00" - that's a pretty wide ...
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Visiting Machu Picchu
(Jul 29 '07)
Our guide Juan made it very clear that we were to be ready with bags packed at 7am because we were to meet the train at the Ollantaytambo station. It was another EARLY go. The train ride wound around ...
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welcome to cusco!
(Apr 18 '07)
"Until you´ve sat in your neon green elephant pyjamas in the Lima airport drinking beer and reading Vonnegut you haven´t quite lived"
Acclimatizing in Cusco
(Nov 06 '07)
Arriving in Cusco before 7am was always going to be an interesting proposition.
So we took a taxi who recommened the hotel we were wanting to go to anyway...so he took his cut and we paid more - ...
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Don’t get me wrong, we could have gone back to Machu Picchu even twice more. However, the way that we did Machu Picchu… ...
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Cusco and the Sacred Valley
(Jul 23 '07)
I am very tired, so this will be only a short entry. Me and Gabriella were out all day touring the Sacred Valley around Cusco. There are many town around with Inka ruins:temples, houses and we even ...
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Ollantaytambo
(Dec 26 '07)
"Absolutely lovely town and should be mandatory visiting by everyone going to Machu Picchu"
DAY 23 - 26 DECEMBER 2007
Got up early and packed - another day, another city is our motto. We had ...
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