Cusco, Peru, South America I finally got to see Machu Picchu today, and it was phenomenal! I got up at 4am and got my stuff packed up so I could leave my bag at the hostel for the day while exploring Machu Picchu. I met the rest of the group at 4:45am and we headed down to the bus stop to get the bus up to Machu Picchu from Aguas Calientes. Wilbert recommended we get the bus up there instead…
Cusco, Peru, South America I had another fairly quiet day today, but that’s good considering my next four days should be pretty intense. I went to Pan-tastico for breakfast today and had the best breakfast since I’ve been in South America. I had eggs, good crispy bacon (!), pineapple juice, italian bread that was sliced and grilled with peanut butter and jam on the side, and pancakes! It was awesome! I met up with Karin at 10:15am so we could…
Cusco, Peru, South America I had a slow start to the day, but it was pretty nice. I got to take a hot shower at my hostel, which I wasn’t too sure was going to be possible. It’s not the nicest hostel, so I wouldn’t have been surprised if it was only cold showers, but I’m really glad it’s not. It’s pretty chilly here in the morning and the evening, so a cold shower would have been miserable. The hostel…
Cusco, Peru, South America The bus ride last night was very comfortable, but the ride was so windy and curvy that I was hardly able to get any sleep. Luckily my seat had an electric port so I was able to use my laptop for the whole ride and finished watching season four of the Walking Dead. At least that helped pass the time. We were supposed to arrive in Cusco at 12:30pm, but at that point we were stopped…