Ana_Cusco, Peru

Here we go again; I just lost what I was writing. It’s so frustrating! Rrrrrrrrrrrr. Obviously I don’t learn that I need to save often. I kicked the on/off switch by accident and shut the computer off. Rrrrrrrr! And worse Tim is telling me I told you so – SAVE often.

Anyway back to my experience in Cusco. I love it and hate it. I love the history and the beautiful colonial architecture built on Inca style foundation. It has colorful churches and the streets are very small and narrow. I hate the vendors. They follow you everywhere and a nice NO THANK YOU, doesn’t help. They keep following you for a while. And sometimes when you don’t buy anything they insult you in Spanish, of course not every vendor. I t makes me really uncomfortable to be rude. But after a day I’m use to saying NO. You can’t buy everything or do every excursion in Cusco.

We did the Machu Pichu trip on our own. It was still the most expensive tour we’ve done so far. We each paid about around $100 USD for the train ride, park entrance and the bus ride to the park. But it was well worth it! AMAZING site!

We went on Sunday early morning. Our train was delayed 2 hours because of a landslide. We had to wait for them to clear the track. Even though it sucked! I was glad we’re not crushed by the landslide. We finally got to the park. We were recommended to go to the top first so you can see the overview of the site. I’m glad we did. It was incredible. Can’t explain it! The mountains surrounding the site were truly magical. I asked myself how did the built it on top of such high mountains. You can still see the most of the massive rocks foundations. The steps are so steep. It took us around 3 hours to walk around the site. I’m glad we went. I see why thousands of thousands of tourist visit every year.