Author: chrisjohnson0207
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Day 47: Cusco
Thursday 21.7.2016 We took a late train back to Cusco and shared our experiences with Abril and Alejandra. A fleet of taxis awaited our train, and Juan Carlos, our driver, shared a few Quechua vocabulary words with us. It was a mind trip talking to a Quechua-speaking Peruvian taxi driver the day we returned from…
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Day 46: Aguas Calientes
Wednesday 20.7.2016 It is difficult to describe Machu Picchu. It is equal parts agricultural wonder, ancient ruin, and medieval castle complex. The lighting of the valley in which Machu Picchu sits is a platinum-gold unlike any I have ever seen, and the postcard-worthy Waynapicchu Mountain seems to stand over the battered stone complex like a…
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Day 45: Aguas Calientes
Tuesday 19.7.2016 At 5 in the morning, Molly and I were packed and ready to go. Our hostel had called a cab to take us to the nearby train station in time for our early morning trip to Aguas Calientes, the closest village to Machu Picchu and a Disney World-esque town made for foreign tourists.…
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Day 44: Cusco
Monday 18.7.2016 Our stay in Cusco has charmed us. The grittiness of poverty is never far from view, as are examples of architecture displaying historical injustice – flat land for the rich, steep land for the poor. Walking up and down these streets gives us an appreciation for those peoples who have to carry their…
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Day 43: Cusco
Sunday 17.7.2016 From the rooftop terrace of our inner-city hostel, we could see all of Cusco. Like so many other Latin American cities, the town is built into a valley and at night one has e feeling of swimming in a fishbowl of bioluminescent creatures. Fireworks sounding an awful lot like gunshots went off every…
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