Cusco, Pêru

I´m here way up high in Cusco. We arrived yesterday morning at 8am after a 12 hour bus ride from Arequipa. We are staying at LOKI Hostel and it´snice here. The only problem is, the hostel is HUUUGE and it´s hard to not hog the computers. there is always a line of some sort.

I no longer have a fever which is AWESOME! I, still, however am only restricted to a very tiny bit of food each day and water with gatorade (ELECTROLYTE!!!)
I´m definately taking care of myself because I can! I don´t have to pressure my self to get to work.I stayed in bed ALL day yesterday and last night. Kevin went out with some people we met last night in the dorm room (10 person dorm room) pretty busy and hard to avoid meeting people. He´s still sleeping because I slept for 14 hours and he came in late last night or early morning. Can´t wait to hear his stories.
I will update the blogand back track a bit about the Colca Canyon Trek. It was beautiful and quite a calm town full of genuine locals.

Condor Lookout. Before the trek...

Colca Canyon Trek.

Day 1 after 9 hour bus ride. Not feeling well... Toughed it out and hiked 5 or 6 hours downhill with walking sticks.



starting the trek


Day 2: Much easier hike. We were able to stop through different towns, see the local school, the local hospital and the area where they celebrate and have a 3 to 4 day dance competition.





a town we stopped in

hiking




in another town a woman who served others corn alcohol and help our guide describe what was in the museum we saw from pre-inca times





before getting to the oasis and right before an uphill hike





the oasis pool we arrived to..
relaxing after a swim and before not eating dinner



Day 3: I had to take a mule up the hill. The third day is uphill only and with my illness and weak knees AND with our time constraint to catch the bus. The mule took me up. But afterwards we met back up in Cabanaconde where I saw many children just playing in the streets while their parents were out at work. Then Miguel took a picture of me with the lady who sells ice cream in Cabanaconde. We had lunch in some town on the way back to Arequipa. We stopped at another lookout point where there were SOO many stacked rocks and another adorable child!

the morning before the ride

the ride




kevin`s photo from his hike