One Man’s Walk through life

Heading Off To Cuzco

So a lot of travelling——
Two days ago I woke up at 4:30 in the morning to take a 10 hour bus to Bogotá. Once I got there I waited 5 hours in the airport, and eventually got on a plane that took off around 9pm and landed in Lima at midnight. I spent yesterday walking around Peru’s capital city with a beautiful girl from England that I woke up next to…I love dorms. And right now I’m sitting in an internet cafe killing time until my bus takes off to Cuzco. – my 20 HOUR bus…

So far, I love peru. The people are very friendly. It seems a bit cheaper than Colombia, but I’m not totally sure about that, it might be more or less the same. I definitely feel a bit safer, the police here are not all carrying uzi’s, but to be fair, I didn’t feel that unsafe in Colombia most of the time. It also seems a bit more low key than I think this same city would be in Colombia. But more on this after I see Cuzco.
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As far as my plans——
I have 3 weeks to make it to Buenos Aires. After my one hop on a plane, the day before yesterday, the rest will be by bus or boat. I think I’ll probably spend a week and a half in Peru. I’ll get to Cuzco tomorrow morning, and I’ll probably explore tomorrow and go out and stuff – there’s supposed to be tons of partying to be had in Cuzco.

But I’m not going to Cuzco for Cuzco, I’m going for Machu Pichu. I was planning on zooming through it, but the more I read, the more I think I really want to do the Inca Trail, which is a hike which is at most 4 days along several ruins until you finally get to the lost city of the Inca’s, Machu Pichu. I figure a) how many people get a chance to do something like that, and b) when’s the next time I’ll have that chance. So we’ll see. It will involve renting a bunch of gear and going with a guide, all of which will probably be insanely expensive but it could be quite cool.

After Cuzco, I’m heading to Lake Titticacca. Hear it’s cool – the largest lake at anywhere near it’s altitude. It’s supposed to really beatiful with blue skies and stuff. Also there are a couple islands, some of them floating, and I was thinking of visiting them and spending the night at one of them. I’ll cross into Bolivia at the Lake, and … Well, that’s as far as I’ve worked out yet.

Stay tuned, kids. Same bat time, same bat channel…