Push.
Nice one. The evil photo blocking server seems to be having a day off, and seeing how Optus still sucks (3 weeks now) I thought I might put some more shots up.
I did promise it would be Cusco, and I’ll get to that. First a couple of quickies:
A couple of locals kicking the footy on the reed islands. I did wonder who has to get the ball when it goes out of bounds, maybe they’re that good that it doesn’t?
I did promise it would be Cusco, and I’ll get to that. First a couple of quickies:
A couple of locals kicking the footy on the reed islands. I did wonder who has to get the ball when it goes out of bounds, maybe they’re that good that it doesn’t?
Us on a wall on Taquile.
Finally we got to Cusco. Just in time to make the trek deadline after a slightly hellish 8 hour van ride. We did have a couple of days to look around. This was the courtyard of the little hotel we stayed at – Los Niños Dos. All the rooms are named after the orphans the profits go to – ours was Gladys.
A view of Cusco over the Plaza de Armas. Cusco was the first place we really started to encounter big tour groups, lots of Americans and Europeans. The square reflected that a bit, having heaps of people hassling you to buy various stuff.
An example of an Inca wall in Cusco using the ashlar technique. Apparently this meant it was a significant place – I assume this means a pub, or perhaps some sort of concert venue. This wall is almost a thousand years old – the Spanish, when they took over, tended to just build on top of the Inca foundations.
Then we got up and some ridiculous hour, got on a bus, and ended up at Kilometre 82 – the start of the Camino del Inca (Inca Trail) – 49 kms. At this point we were pretty chirpy and excited. Note K with her pack and bedroll, smiling and ready to go.
And note K, still with pack and bedroll, smile a little smaller, at one of the rest points on the first day. We had gone maybe 6 k’s at that point, and climbed a few hundred metres, I guess.
The first of the Inca sites – Llactapata . It was used mainly for agricultural production, apparently. The guide reckons the curves along the front deflect the flow of the river in flood so it didn’t wash the whole joint away. He also told us the Incas were Socialists. He was pretty cool.
Dammit, I had a whole lot more written, but the server's back to its tricks, so that’s it, I had better do some work now.
More to come.
Chao.
1 comment:
So can you not give Optus a miss? And did you see a football go overboard? Looking forward to our trek, after seeing your photos. Keep it up.
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