Yesterday, we had a good journey from Guayaquil to Cusco. After the many bus journeys in Ecuador, we were quite happy to do this trip by airplane and arrive relatively relaxed, if tired, in Cusco.
After escaping the taxi hawkers at the airport we checked into our little guest house and set off to explore the historic center of Cusco. All in very slow pace - the change in altitude from 0 to 3400 meters meant that even casual walking was causing us to breathe heavily.
Cusco is a very beautiful city. It has an amazingly well-maintained central square with colonial architecture and splendid churches and a cathedral. we walked around a bit and then treated ourselves to some coffee in one of the many very good local coffee houses.
We will spend some more time here before we make our way to Machu Picchu which we plan to visit on Tuesday :-)Read more
PeruCusco13°30’60” S 71°59’5” W
PeruCusco13°30’60” S 71°59’5” W