• Heidi Sullivan2022 PeruTraveler
    Mirador Lagunillas
    Our Peru Hop BusOne of the very small towns. All seemed very barren and desolate to me.The electric wire system here kinda kills me!Cusco! Plaza de Armas (Church of the Society of Jesus, 1765), Cathedral on adjacent side of square!Sitting on cathedral stairs on Plaza de Armas. This is often our meeting place!Plaza de Armas. Pachacuti, Emperor of the Inca Empire. Machu Picchu possibly built as his estate.Great cafe overlooking the Plaza.Inka Kola!Fresh-squeezed papaya juice.My $7 breakfast, drinks included. Crazy. The cappacino alone would cost that at home!Dragonfly Hostel in Cusco - 1 night. Fun place, met cool people, but dorm room CRAMPED!Boys in the hostel hammocks!Circle - this is the place that you go in Cusco to be safe from an earthquake. ?? Dunno why.

    Peru Hop bus to & arrival in Cusco

    June 3, 2022 in Peru ⋅ ☁️ 55 °F

    14,850 ft. altitude pit stop at Mirador Lagunillas. There were women selling items, and I have no idea how they even got there (walked over the mountain??). Interesting seeing the country (LONG bus ride). Beautiful landscape (reminded me of Scottish Highlands), but I was shocked at the poverty everywhere. And no trees at all in many parts. I'm not sure what they do to survive, but in a few lower elevation areas we saw families farming.

    We did a guided walking tour our first day in Custco.    Read more