A very thorough summary written by Nadia here:
http://livelaughlove365.blogspot.com.
Heres some pictures to keep you company:
I'll keep my summary very brief as Nadia's is very thorough..
Basically spent a few days in Cusco, then went to Agua Caliente, Macchu Pichu, Ollantaytambo, then back to Cusco.. with a couple day trips to Tibón and Pisac... Cusco is sooooooo incredibly different than living in Trujillo... it's even a different sort of touristy than Mancora and Mantanitas, Ecuador was... There's international food (like Korean food?!? and Indian... mmmmmmmMMmmmm) and so many tourists, I was not used to seeing so many non Peruvians... I was also not used to spending so much money. I can get a 2 course meal and a drink for 4 soles.. and we were going to restaurants where the plates were 40+ soles... All I thought was that I could eat lunch for 2 weeks on the cost of this one meal!!! But I really had to get over it, cuz it was just one week and I was treated for a few meals, so it wasn't breaking the bank so much. For Macchu Pichu, we didn't do a 4 day trek.. we took the train there and the bus to the entrance... Overall I think this was nice to save some days to hang out in Cusco more and have a more mellow unrushed time... plus gave us the extra energy to make it up Wayna Picchu which is a bit exhausting with the altitude.. and Britta and I did the extra Gran Caverna loop, which was sort of like climbing WP again... I was super spent after that and ready to pass out. I had alot of difficulty with the altitude and consumed quite a bit of coca products (tea, chocolate, candy, etc) while I was here because otherwise I had a horrible headache and lightheadedness (which I took tylenol every day as well to cope)... Learned i have great bargaining skills and can tell someone off in the worst way in spanish if i really needed to.. (which I almost needed to because,... well long story, but they redeemed themself, so I didn't).
Oh.. and i got really sick at the end of my trip... had nausea for 2 days before the 'runs' started (and lasted for about 5 days) and immodium wasn't helping.. at one point when i got back to trujillo, the nausea left and I hate a huge meal which immediately exited keeping me up until 2am... I went to work the next morning (waking up at 6:30am)... It was gone and came back for another go for a few days.. strange thing.. it was the sort that didn't give you stomach cramps before hand, it was just a constant run to the bathroom.. sorry probably not something you want to know details about, but it's a part of living here I think.. Hadn't had it this bad before though.. wonder what was in Cusco....
It was suuuuuuuuuuuuper cool to see everyone...
What else... Well I'm on my way out tonight to someone's farewell party, so I'll leave it at that... for now.
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Oh no, now the pressure is on to finish my travel blogs!!! hehe. It has been crazy being back to work and hectic life and all that, but I'll try and finish soon! Oh, and I'll get to the long story about you learning to swear in the worst way in Spanish. ;-)
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