by phoenix | Oct 23, 2007 | Uncategorized
Our last day in Cuzco was the day of the national census. To our astonishment, everything was closed. We had planned to get a bus to Maras, a taxi to Moray and then a bus back to Chinchero for the Sunday market. With no buses running, we ended up convincing a lovely...
by phoenix | Oct 23, 2007 | Uncategorized
Everything they say is true. Aguas Calientes is a tacky tourist town; the entire train trip there and prices in town are outrageous with discriminatory pricing for tourists and it’s all worth it.On the first day, we got onto the bus and clutched each other...
by phoenix | Oct 23, 2007 | Uncategorized
We ended up treating the name of this town like a tongue-twister: Ollantaytambo, ollantaytambo. It’s the “y” of the “olla”, you see. Very hard to get around.But we made it to Ollantaytambo on the morning bus out of Pisac and found Hostal...
by phoenix | Oct 23, 2007 | Uncategorized
Pisac was lovely. A tiny town of only 2000 souls, the main square was entirely taken up by a colorful market selling everything from jewelry to backpacks and more. It started to pour so we bought some raingear from the nearby gear shop and I bought an alpaca wool...
by phoenix | Oct 17, 2007 | Uncategorized
Back to paying for Internet. Ah well. At least this place has a computer advanced enough to cope with the thumb drive containing the images but I don’t have time to arrange prettily. You’ll just have to go see for yourself.We spent a lovely day yesterday...
