An easy afternoon

We are staying in the Pariwana Hostel, thd same chain as we stayed in in Lima.  We have upgraded to a private room at an extra cost of $19 a night.  We felt it was well worth it.  We will have to check out on 4th when we go off on our Machu Picchu trip, and then check back in when we come back the following day.   We will be able to leave most of our luggage here while we are away.

Our rooms were ready at 2pm, so we went to retrieve our bags and get organised.  The first thing to sort out was getting our tents dry.  We had put everything away wet this morning.  It was a sunny afternoon, so we put our tent and our sleeping bags out on the balcony outside our room.  Several others in our group did the same thing.  We were soon told this was not allowed!  However, we negotiated with the duty manager to be allowed to leave them there for one hour.  This proved to be enough time to get everything nice and dry!

We spent the rest of the afternoon and evening doing admin, sorting laundry, arranging trips for the time we are in Cusco, getting clean, and catching up with posts.  An early night was in order as we were both completely knackered!Read more