Peru, I love you at least this much.... maybe more
So for those of you that didn't get the memo, Kien and I have traveled to Peru for a little over a week. :) Well actually the only people we really told was our Moms because we all know it's not ok to not divulge such information.
We got here to Cuzco on early Saturday morning and got checked into our hostel right away. Not a bad place minus the cold showers and the midget bed (read Inkan) we had to sleep on. The first day we kinda just walked around the city but I was not feeling so hot because of the high altitude. Felt like the worst hangover I could imagine. Katrine on the other hand must have inherited some high mountain lungs or something because she was mountain-goating cirlces around me. Cuzco's altitude is around 3,300 m (10,800 ft) which is roughly 800 m higher than Galdhøpiggen (for mine norkse lesere) or roughly the summit of Mt. Hood (for you Oregonians our there).
Today however, we both felt pretty good. We got up fairly early and did some practical things like buying tickets and booking hostels. Then we took the local commuter bus to a smaller village 30km away from Cuzco called Pisaq. They have a farmers/tourist market there every Sunday. It was very neat but we wanted to get to the hiking just outside of the city. There is quite a few Inkan ruins on the surrounding mountains. We spent the rest of the day exploring the remains of a great civilization that was cut short by the "discovery" by the Spanish. Quite awe inspiring and sad at the same time. Suffice it to say that Katrine and I had one of the best hikes either of us have ever had. Anyone that likes hiking (even remotely close) needs to take a trip to Peru. It will not disappoint.
We will be going horse back riding from Cuzco tomorrow to some ruins nearby. We aren't sure what Tuesday will bring but that's part of the fun! Wed. we are taking the train up to a small town called Aguas Calientes, which is right outside of the Machu Pichu entrance. We will hand out there for the day and stay the night. The next morning we are going to get up early to watch the sunrise from MP as well as try and get entrance tickets to hike http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huayna_Picchu . They only give out 400 a day so hopefully we will be one of the lucky ones!
Even though we still have the majority of our vacation left we have both come to realize how short a week is here. Peru deserves weeks or months. On the flip side of this, we have only been here 2 days and have 6 full days left!!!!!
Much love from Peru,
seany
7 comments:
Hei Sean og Katrine! Jeg leser ivrig bloggen din. Kjempespennende og veldig godt skrevet, godt jobbet Sean!
Jeg har jobbet hele sommeren og må si jeg lengter ut i den store verden :-)
Gleder meg til neste innlegg. Keep up the good work!
Hjertelig hilsen Ørjan
Sean and Katrine - what an amazing trip you are having. I can't wait to hear the next installment, and where you end up next!
Love, Mother Wolfe / aka Emm Dub
Heisann! kjekt å høre om Peru, gleder meg til mer nytt!!
Wow! Jeg vil til PERU!!!
Hei på dere begge! Dette var jo en fantastisk start på Peru....håper at det fortsatte i samme leie.
Kjenner det rykker litt/mye i reisefoten:). Forstod på Vebjørn at dere er kommet hjem til BU SA, i o m han hadde snakket med Katrine på msn. Som de fleste mammaer så ble jeg litt bekymret da jeg hørte at Ka ikke var helt i form. håper vi snakkes en dag => jeg har ikke fått tlf nr til den nye leiligheten. Stor klem fra mamma i Bergen
So where you at boy? So cool you get to do this stuff.
Love, Dad
I love the blogs Homie! Great pictures also! Let's see some more though. ;-)
I miss and love you! When Is the next blog coming?
Heinrich ;-)
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