Puno and Cusco round two

So this past week my dad came to visit. We took a trip to Puno and Cusco. The first day, we took a bus to Puno and got there in the afternoon. I had terrible altitude sickness all day and didn't want to do anything.

The next day, we took a tour of Lake Titicaca for most of the day, and thankfully I was feeling much better. We visited the floating islands of the Uros and the Island of Tequili.
After visiting the islands we spent a little time in the main part of the city and then went back to our hotel.

The next morning we took a bus to Cusco and got there around three in the afternoon. When we arrived at the terminal an hour late, there was a stopped bus in front of ours and our driver decided to pass it. In the process, an electrical wire got caught on the air vent on the top if the bus and ripped it off. Luckily no one was hurt.

Since we arrived late, we missed the start of our tour. We manages to get to three of the four places. After, we went to see a performance of national dances, got pizza for dinner, and went to our hotel for the night.

We woke up the next morning with another full day ahead of us filled with more ancient ruins. We went to see Pisac, the agricultural center of the ancient Inca empire, and Ollantaytambo with the sun temple. Then in the afternoon we took a train to 'Aguas Calientes' which is a little town near Machu Picchu.

The last day was to see Machu Picchu. We got up around six to catch our bus up to the mountain. When we first got up there, it was all fogged over and you couldn't see anything. After our tour, about mid day, the clouds burned off and the view was wonderful. After we were done we went back down to the town to eat lunch and look around a bit until catching our train back to Ollantaytambo at around three, getting back to Cusco, and catching a bus back to Arequipa that night.

I was so happy to show my dad around my wonderful country, and am getting excited to share all of my experiences with people when I return home in a month.

We met a lot of world travelers, a lot from Canada and other states, and even a few people from Oregon.


-abrazos y besos de Peru.