Well recently we've been doing so many fun things it's hard to keep track of it all.
First, we bought boletos turisticos to get into a bunch of different sights in and around Cusco and the Sacred Valley. We went to a couple of museums, which were somewhat interesting. Our favorite exhibit was about El Inca Garcilaso, a mestizo of royal inca blood and who documented to famous commentaries about the royal lives of the Inca. In another museum underneath the Qoricancha, we got to see some mummified royal Incas.
We also checked out all the ruins above Cusco, most notably Sacsayhuaman. Afterwards we walked to different sights including Zone X, Tambo Machay, Puka Pukara, Q'enqo, and the Templo de la Luna. Though they were less spectacular, they were still very interesting and we got some good hiking in.
Aside from sight seeing, we changed hostels to an Air B&B listed online. It is in a nice location and hosted by a nice Peruvian lady, Marina. At first, it seemed we had to hostel to ourselves, but it soon turned into a sort of Caravan Sarai after many other guests from all over the world showed up. Anyhow, we met some nice people here including a Turkish/Russian couple.
We have also been eating out a lot, trying lots of different types of restaurants, including Indian food, a menú restaurant, a gyros place, and others. We also went to the market yesterday and cooked for the first time, making a vegetable stir fry with quinoa.
This morning, we went and bought our tickets for Machu Picchu and the mountain above it for this coming Tuesday the 7th. We are very psyched for this, but first we are headed down into the Sacred Valley. We are going to stay at the Llama Pack Hostel, to llama trek, and visit various sights including Pisac, Moray, and Ollantaytambo.
Lots of good stuff planned before we head home!
First, we bought boletos turisticos to get into a bunch of different sights in and around Cusco and the Sacred Valley. We went to a couple of museums, which were somewhat interesting. Our favorite exhibit was about El Inca Garcilaso, a mestizo of royal inca blood and who documented to famous commentaries about the royal lives of the Inca. In another museum underneath the Qoricancha, we got to see some mummified royal Incas.
We also checked out all the ruins above Cusco, most notably Sacsayhuaman. Afterwards we walked to different sights including Zone X, Tambo Machay, Puka Pukara, Q'enqo, and the Templo de la Luna. Though they were less spectacular, they were still very interesting and we got some good hiking in.
Aside from sight seeing, we changed hostels to an Air B&B listed online. It is in a nice location and hosted by a nice Peruvian lady, Marina. At first, it seemed we had to hostel to ourselves, but it soon turned into a sort of Caravan Sarai after many other guests from all over the world showed up. Anyhow, we met some nice people here including a Turkish/Russian couple.
We have also been eating out a lot, trying lots of different types of restaurants, including Indian food, a menú restaurant, a gyros place, and others. We also went to the market yesterday and cooked for the first time, making a vegetable stir fry with quinoa.
This morning, we went and bought our tickets for Machu Picchu and the mountain above it for this coming Tuesday the 7th. We are very psyched for this, but first we are headed down into the Sacred Valley. We are going to stay at the Llama Pack Hostel, to llama trek, and visit various sights including Pisac, Moray, and Ollantaytambo.
Lots of good stuff planned before we head home!
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