Wednesday, November 16, 2005
South America Trip - Day 28 - Cuzco to Puno
Joseph and Joy went to see more ruins this morning (I'll let him fill in the details later) and I hung out in the town doing stuff like changing money, emailing etc. We all met for lunch at the famous Jack's cafe which has the best vege burgers in the world! The smoothies aren't half bad either. Every restaurant our guide, Manual, has recommended or taken us to has been a winner. It truly has been a gastronomic tour of South America.
As Lou said Mum and I went to Sachsayhuaman (refered to by everyone as "Sexy Woman"). This was where the Inca´s made their last stand against the Spanish. Cuzco was originally designed to be in the shape of a puma with Sachsayhuaman as the head. To represent the teeth there are two parallel zig zag (sorry don´t know what key is a dash) stone walls. I was very proud that I managed to navigate my way back to the hostel following a dirt track made by the locals.
After lunch we went to the bus station to catch a bus to Puno. The trip was supposed to take about 6 hours but ended up taking 8! We should be grateful that we reached our destination as the bus had clutch problems thus causing many pregnant pauses in our journey while the driver tried to fix the problem. Luckily it wasn't too uncomfortable on the bus (for us shorties anyway) as we were travelling 'Royal Class' which meant we could recline our seats right back and had a full leg rest. It was more comfy that an airplane.
As Lou said Mum and I went to Sachsayhuaman (refered to by everyone as "Sexy Woman"). This was where the Inca´s made their last stand against the Spanish. Cuzco was originally designed to be in the shape of a puma with Sachsayhuaman as the head. To represent the teeth there are two parallel zig zag (sorry don´t know what key is a dash) stone walls. I was very proud that I managed to navigate my way back to the hostel following a dirt track made by the locals.
After lunch we went to the bus station to catch a bus to Puno. The trip was supposed to take about 6 hours but ended up taking 8! We should be grateful that we reached our destination as the bus had clutch problems thus causing many pregnant pauses in our journey while the driver tried to fix the problem. Luckily it wasn't too uncomfortable on the bus (for us shorties anyway) as we were travelling 'Royal Class' which meant we could recline our seats right back and had a full leg rest. It was more comfy that an airplane.
Comments:
hey, how did you find a tour guide in puno? i'm looking for one, too.
# posted by 
: 04 February, 2007 05:10
: 04 February, 2007 05:10
We didn't actually get a tour of Puno , it is a pretty small place so we walked around on our own. Our trip on lake Titicaca was part of our GAP tour package.
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