Arriving in Cusco

Fortunately, we had no delays due to industrial unrest or anything else either!  We made very good time.  With only a couple of brief toilet stops, we reached Cusco by 11.30am much to everyone's surprise!

We couldn’t take the truck into the historic centre of the city where our hostel was, so we had to park up on the outskirts and get taxis.  We had to take everything off the truck as it is going into a garage, and we won't have access to it until December 9th.  We caused quite a stir with all our bags piled up on the pavement!

To be fair, Nikki and Ritchie organised taxis really quickly, and it wasn't long before we were all deposited at our hostel.  We were too early for our rooms to be ready, but we could check in and leave our bags in the luggage room. 

Once we had done this, most of us were too tired to face the city, so we headed upstairs to the bar and had lunch.Read more