Righhhhhhhhtttttttt.........
Ummmm been a bit slack here I see, with well over two months since the last entry it's more than a bit slack I think! The here and now is Cusco. I am thinking about heading off via a less trodden no rip off back road to Machu Picchu tomorrow. (Bus to Santa Maria- Collectivo to Santa Teresa- 5 hour walk to Aguas Calientes, 1 hour walk to Machu Picchu, and aparrently if you get there before 5am ish there is no-one to buy a shamefully overpriced ticket from...) I am thinking to take three of four days over the whole thing then off to La Paz in Bolivia via Copacabana on the Bolivian side of lake Titicaca. Here Cusco itself is indeed a beautiful tourist trap. It hasn't lost it's charm for being so either, and there is still a real Peruvian feel to it. You can even find tucked away if you have a sharp eye, cheap almuerzos (Lunch of Soup followed by rice with a salad, some beany lentily goodness and some meat) at a dollar as opposed to the gringo caffs with prices six or seven tim...
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