Thursday 29 March 2007

CUZCO TO MACHU PICCHU (PERU)






















In Cuzco Phil couldn't believe his luck when he found a flyer of an Indian restaurant in our hostel. Listening to his moaning for months how much he missed his curries we used the opportunity for a nice meal out but apart from the Indian music in the background there was nothing like the ones at home. The club we went to after was amazing with its lively meat market and drunken gringos dancing on top of a tiny bar. We left there at 5am and struggled with our packing the next day.

On our way to Machu Picchu we stopped at the Sunday market of Pisac where it was fun to haggle down the prices but still: WE DO NOT WANT A DOLL!

To see Machu Picchu we got up at 3am to walk the 2km up to the ruins with hope of seeing the sunrise through the sun gate. Our plan failed when we got stopped by a guard in town not letting us through without a valid ticket and the ticket office didn't open till 5am. Our disappointment soon went realising it was overcast and no one would have seen the rising sun that morning. It cleared up during the day and we had stunning views. Still we think its far to overpriced especially paying 2 pounds for a plastic cup of coke.

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