Acemuzzy’s Positronic Blog

Day 22 (Monday 21 July) - Arequipa to Santiago
We were glad we’d booked the earlier flight, as we got bored pretty quickly in Arequipa.  It was a nice enough place, with great views of the nearby volcanoes, but it was too hot and we just weren’t loving it.
Eventually it was time for our flight, so we headed [...]

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Day 16 (Tuesday 15 July) - Cuzco
We had to move hotels to Niños, probably my favourite of the trip, but otherwise had an empty day.
We lazed around in the morning, hit the Inca museum and had a tasty calzone (though Liv wasn’t so hungry and didn’t eat anything).
Otherwise, nothing much to report.
Day 17 (Wednesday 16 July) - [...]

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Day 11 (Thursday 10 July) - Sacred Valley
Up pretty early to head to the Sacerd Valley, our one-day stop en-route to the start of the Inca trail.
We got a public bus from Cuzco, which was pretty crowded - to the extent that we felt we were knicking the locals seats which was a bit unforunate.  We had [...]

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Day 10 (Wednesday 9 July) - Lima to Cuzco
Just so we’re clear on what I mean by an early start, we had to be up at 4am for our flight to Cuzco.  A McDonald’s breakfast did little to settle my stomach, but at least the airport was marginally more modern than the ones before.
We met our Inca [...]

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Day 9 (Tuesday 8 July) - Quito to Lima
Guess what, another early start!  This was comically hampered by the fact my alarm clock was still on Galapagos time, so instead of waking up at 4.30 for our 5.00 cab, we woke up at at 5.05 when reception rang to say the cab was waiting!  Hasty packing was [...]

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