Cusco bound

Tuesday 6th May

For weeks now it has all really been about getting to Cusco, where we will obviously be based while visiting Machu Picchu. And today it is time to finally go there.

As Puno to Cusco, or vice versa, is a pretty popular tourist trail now, the road has been improved and as such we were able to make good time in our journey. To be honest there isn't too much to report on the journey, it was a fairly standard one. The trip is supposed to be one of the top in the world for scenery, but we must be getting jaded with mountains by now because we didn't really think so.

In fact the only intersting bit of the trip came when during our last stop for a toilet break, about an hour from Cusco. As we were looking out the window we noticed a farmer struggling with a sheep. And as we were watching, he took out a knife and slit its throat. Just what we needed to see at that point, a nice execution to make the day go faster.

Once we got to Cusco I went out for a little look around, and then later we all went for a group dinner and had some of the best steaks I have had in South America. Afterwards we went for a few drinks, which turned into quite a long session, and yet another night of dancing. I'm not sure what it is about Peru but we have danced all 4 nights here, and never one did it in Argentina or Bolivia.