After a long 20 hour bus trip I arrived in Cusco on the second of January (with the conclusion that next time I’ll take the plane). I then checked into a nice hotel called Incawasi located just at the Plaza de Armas. I then took the opportunity to catch some sleep after a long New Year night.
Then yesterday I walked around Cusco a bit without doing any “serious” sight-seeing yet. Went eating in the evenign and met an American called Stephen. Went out for a beer together and called it a night.
Today we booked our passage for Machu Pichu. So tomorrow I’ll finally visit that archeological site. I hope it’s as impressive as it sounds. A funny thing happened when we booked the tour, though. There were two offers: one day and three days. The one day tour cost 120 US Dollars while the three day tour cost 119 US Dollars. Seriously! Apparently they are trying to promote the longer tour. But the time just doesn’t suffice for the long tour. So tomorrow early in the morning we’ll leave and I hope I can provide you with some interesting information and pictures abut Machu Pichu on Friday.
Friday night I will continue to Puno. At the same agency I booked the bus to Puno with a two day tour for Lake Titicaca including one night at a hotel. All for 39 US Dollars. Sometimes prices sure are cheap here in Peru. But not for Machu Pichu.