Yesterday after a long day of travel we arrived in Cuzco, Peru. We left San Francisco, on Tuesday night and arrived in Cuzco on Wednesday afternoon, with stop overs in LA, San Jose, Costa Rica and Lima, Peru. It was a lot of traveling, but more or less uneventful.
Yesterday we went to the Plaza de Armes (the main square in Cuzco) and just soaked in the surroundings. We had a great dinner at Cafe Baghdad (no kidding) which is located right on the plaza. After that we pretty much went straight to bed and enjoyed a restful evening. We are all feeling the affects of the altitude (12,500 ft), but none of has really felt more than a headache or shortness of breath.
Today we woke up went to the Plaza and visited the Cathederal. After that we went to the Muse Inka, which has a great collection of pre-inca and inca artifacts. Then we had a great lunch at a nice little cafe (whose name escapes me) I had heard a lot about the bland food I would find in the Andes, but everything I've had so far had been really great. Also, there is a pretty decent dark beer (Cuscaņo Negro) that I have been enjoying. After lunch we walked to the Convento Santo Domingo, which is a very nice museum built in a former convent that was built on an Inca temple. Very nice original Inca walls. Lastly we went to the artisan market and bought some nice crafts. Now we are going to grab a bit of dinner before getting to bed a little early, so we can wake up bright and early tomorrow for our next adventure.
Tomorrow we catch the train to Machu Pichu. This is one of the big tourist destinations, but we hope to beat some of the tourist traffic by going up to the ruins on early Saturday morning instead of when we arrive late Sunday.
Well, my 30 minutes at the internet cafe are almost up. Look for another posting in a few days.
Posted by Noah Brimhall at October 6, 2005 07:31 PM