Peru May, 2017

Day 8 Cusco (We, May24) My flight was at 6 pm but I couldn’t do my check in to I sorta stressed out. I did the walking tour I had planned for earlier in the week but the Korincancha museum was way too expensive. I did do the Inca Museum (10 Soles) and it was very informative. I then shopped around for the best exchange rate to change back the 400 Soles I had left over (about $120). I only paid 10 soles ($3.33) plus $1usd tip for cab ride from the hotel. Others from the trip paid $40 for airport transport. (I did pay the $40 for my arrival as it seemed well worth it arriving at night, 45 minute ride in Lima, etc.) The Cusco airport, however, was only 10 minutes away so I left around 2:30 to go check in. My airline LAN has hourly flights so it was a zoo. I got my boarding passes and then spent 10 Soles ($3.33) to get free wifi for an hour so I could let Linda Miles know I had my boarding passes and not to worry. No problems getting back home. I will say the my American Air flight from MIA to DTW was probably on one of those newer planes with less leg/seat room. But it did have individual tvs, showing current, in the theater movies (ex., Fences, Logan), tv shows, etc. You could pick anything you wanted. It must have had over 200 movies to pick from. Home by 1:30 pm.

As I’ve told a number of people, there were times when I was like a blithering idiot, due to ??? (altitude, dehydration from food poisoning, stress, lack of oxygen, ???). Examples: 1) after many of the hikes I could not walk a straight line for a few days, 2) I called a few people by the wrong name (not to their face, thankfully), 3) I sat in the wrong row on the plane, and 4) I left my purse in the restaurant at Agua Caliente right before our train/bus ride back to Cusco. I didn’t know it until a waiter ran up to our group at the train station and held it up.

All in all it was a great trip and it was not a hardship at all, even given the 2 days I was ill. This did not stop me from doing what I so wanted to do. I would easily do it again, but this time do the Inka Trail.

Linda
Pictures: 1 View from patio outside room
2 Koricancha (church)
3-4 Main Square (Plaza de Armes) - kids in bee costumes
5 Main Square (Plaza de Armes) - Le Catedral
6 Main Square (Plaza de Armes) - Santa Catalina or La CompaniaLue lisää