From Trujillo we went to Lima to take a 21h first class bus to Cuzco. Cruz del Sur is like the king of Buses (comfortable and with good service) and we were lucky since we got a 50% discount.
(When we arrived in Cusco Paulo got to know that Coringão won against Chelsea and won the world title - Guerrero from Peru scored the decisive goal and is in every newspaper´s cover)
In Cuzco we met Erick and Ana (Salvadoreños and our friends from Chile), and Márcia (Paulo´s sister that came from SP). Cuzco is worth seeing and staying for some days, very pleasant to walk around the historic part of the city that was once “el ombligo del mundo” of Inca Empire (XI to XVI). The Spanish did come to destroy Cusco in the begging of XVI, but lot of ruins are still left to be seen and visit. We visit Qorikancha, which is the old Temple of the Son and later (constructed above it) a convent/church.
(Inca´s flag (rainbow). Of course many people think this is the gay flag but we were told (by Paulo) that the gay flag has the colors in opposite order and misses one of the colors).
On the 18th we started the Inca Trail - 4 days/3 nights, a really known trekking among travelers that has to be schedule in advance (thanks Márcia for taking care of this for your brothers J ). It sounds too touristic but it is worth it! We were a group of 18 (Argentineans, Germans, Italians, Canadians) and the group was really funny, - also thanks to our guide Sonya who had only one rule: “you have to wake up every day with a smile no matter if it is raining or cold, or if it 5 am” – everybody was obedient and the happiness was spread throughout all day; + 3 guides + 15 porters.
During the track we visited many Inca ruins, heard some of the Inca history, tasted some llama meat and some local teas all together with a lot of joy.
(Paulo is a true Inca - some pisco after a dedication to pacha mama)
Raoul is our Canadian friend who has 3/4s Portuguese blood from his grandparents. Thanks to him we got to sing "hey sexy lady wo wo wo ahh" all day long!
The photo in the middle show us the Porters - who carry the tents, food, gas, chairs and tables, etc, - we talked with them and some of them carry 25kgs backpackers! It is too much if you take into consideration the path, the shoes they use, their speed which is twice our speed and the fact that we carry a 6kg bag).
Machu Pichu! During the trecking we were really lucky with the weather conditions because now it is the raining season. Even though we got some rain, most part of the trekking were clear sky.
Inca´s architecture was anti seismic (this was 500 years ago!)- that´s why walls and windows were trapezoids.
Aguas Calientes is the touristic village nearby Machu Pichu
On the 24th we got together with Megan (a friend who worked with us in Skip), Rodolfo (from EL Salvador who we met in Huanchaco) and his friends, and Mathias (German friend). For Murta this felt more like a Christmas because it was raining and cold during the night. On the 25th we met the Portugueses (Vasco, Medeiros, Mira, Fu, Bezelga) that are travelling in south america for almost two months, they were studying in Santiago and are going up to Colombia.
Cuzco is definitely a city to return, although too touristic, has a lot to visit and a lot of life.
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