Everytime I travel, I check for information about the locality on the internet. Lots of people don’t do that, but I consider it quite important. Some friends of mine went to Peru/Cusco around the same time I did, but they didn’t do half the things I did because they weren’t informed. Granted, I’m a bit of a control freak, but I feel more comfortable that way. So when I arrived in Cuzco, I had it all pretty much planned. I arrived at my hotel at 10 a.m., I knew the city tour started at 2 p.m., had all the other days planned as well. Everything flowed perfectly and I had the most amazing time in Peru.
To visit the ruins around cuzco, you have to buy a Turistic Ticket, otherwise you won’t be granted entrance. That’s a bit costly, but not a burden. It costs 130 Soles. When I arrived at the airport I got an official taxi and the two people driving me happened to be part of a turistic agency as well, so they arranged for everything during my stay in Cuzco following what I was interested in. The name of their agency is Peru Andean Explorer and I highly recommend their services. The first day I did the City Tour, the second day I visited the Sacred Valley, the third day I visited Maras Y Moray, the fourth day I visited The Sacred Valley of the South and on the fifth day I did Paragliding on Chincheros. The Paragliding was under the responsibility of a team from the Action Valley Cusco, and they too were amazing and great to spend the day with!
While I waited for the city tour to start, I walked around the Plaza de Armas, had lunch, took some pictures…
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Toda vez que eu viajo, eu procuro informações sobre o local na internet. Muita gente não faz isso, mas eu acho importante. Alguns amigos meus foram para o Peru e não sabiam nem do Vale Sagrado nas imediações de Cusco. Foram pra lá e não visitaram uma das maiores atrações do lugar. Enfim… eu realmente sou controladora nesses aspectos, preciso planejar o que vou fazer. Quando eu cheguei em Cusco já sabia o que queria fazer. Cheguei no hotel às 10 da manhã, o City Tour começaria às 14. Eu já tinha os outros dias todos planejados também. Tudo fluiu perfeitamente bem e eu me diverti muitíssimo no Peru.
Para visitar as ruínas em Cusco, você tem que comprar o Boleto Turístico, senão não entra. Custa 130 soles. Não é barato mas também não é o fim do mundo. Quando eu cheguei no aeroporto, peguei um taxi oficial e as duas pessoas me levando também eram parte de uma agência turística e já arranjaram tudo pra mim de acordo com o que eu queria fazer em Cuzco. O nome da agência é Peru Andean Explorer e recomendo muito o serviço deles. Primeiro dia então, fiz o City Tour, segundo dia fui ao Vale Sagrado, terceiro dia fui a Maras e Moray, quarto dia fui ao Vale Sagrado do Sul e no quinto dia fiz paragliding em Chincheros. O paragliding ficou sob responsabilidade do pessoal da Action Valley Cusco, e eles também foram sensacionais, adorei passar o dia com eles!
Então, enquanto eu esperava o City Tour começar, eu dei uma andada pela Plaza de Armas, almocei, tirei fotos…
All the people I photographed, I asked for permission and paid them a few soles. They allowed me to, even if they weren’t particularly happy with me disturbing them.
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Todas as pessoas que eu fotografei, eu pedi permissão e paguei a eles alguns soles. Eles geralmente deixavam, mesmo que não estivessem particularmente felizes comigo perturbando a eles.
One of my friends had mentioned that he hadn’t had courage to try the guinea pig dishes in Peru, so just to prove I’m “manlier” I ordered it. Just to my great regret. To my taste, that was awful. But it was the only dish I didn’t like. Everything else in Peru was divine! 🙂
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Um dos meus amigos disse que não teve coragem de comer porquinho da índia no Peru e fui fazer graça só para mostrar que eu sou mais machinho que ele (não que houvesse dúvidas disso) e *meio* que me arrependi. A carne não é tão ruim, mas teve um ou outro pedaço com a pele… misericórdia. Horrível. Detestei… Mas esse foi o único prato que eu não gostei. Tudo o mais no Peru foi divino! 🙂
Vem com a patinha e tudo -.-
I was staying at El Arqueólogo H0tel. Loved the place and the staff 🙂
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Eu fiquei no Hotel Arqueólogo. Adorei o lugar e os funcionários 🙂
So, the first place we visited in the City Tour was the Cathedral… you can’t take pictures inside… but if they don’t see you doing that…
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O primeiro lugar que visitamos no City Tour foi a Catedral… não é permitido fazer fotos no internior… mas se eles não vêem você fazendo isso…
Qoricancha
The guide for the day
Saqsayhuaman / Saqsaywaman
Besame, guapa!
This photo’s very turisty. This woman was just standing there, waiting to be photographed. But I like it nonetheless and there are many portraits from people that weren’t expecting to be approached for photos.
Puka Pukara
Qenqo
We didn’t go to Tambomachay, as most people do, because we took too long in the first sites and we ran out of time =/
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Nós não fomos a Tambomachay, como a maioria das pessoas vai, porque demoramos demais nos outros sítios e ficamos sem tempo =/
For dinner, I went to the restaurant Gourmet La Divina Comédia, just by the hotel and ate like a hogzilla, as usual.
Ceviche, mushrooms…
Y La oracion de juana de arco. Pastel de pato, gratinado con queso gruyere y pure de papa amarilla, relleno con magret de pato, 3 tipos de salsas, y reduccion de sauco (fruta), hongos y pecanas
And Pisco Sour, obviously.
be au ti ful
thanks! 😉
Wonderful set of Photos. To me it was wonderful surprise that You blog in three languages. So have done also, but since one month I post in four languages. I have been learning Portuguese two months and now I try my post in Portuguese also. So, please do not laugh when reading my blog. Some translations took me three / four hours.
Welcome to visit my blog:
Sartenada’s photo blog from Finland.
Abraços!
Great set of pictures from day one Anna, I can’t wait to see the rest.
The Topography is different to what I expected – reminds me very much of the lake district in North West England – buildingd and people VERY different of course (lol)
I can’t wait to show the rest as well! 😉 There are some pictures that I like quite a lot!
Beautiful photos Anna. Looks like all of your planning definitely payed off. What a great adventure this must have been!
it was one of the best trips I have ever done! What an amazing place! Loved the food too!
Thank you for this blog entry, I happen to have casually found your flickr page just after having met a woman from Perú, and I was very curious to learn about the experiences from your trip there as well as to see the travel photo set. I will be quite useful in case of ever planning a trip there, thx!
nosssaaaaaaaaaaaaaa parabenssssss pelas fotos Annaaa….. sensacional
bjos
so nao comia o porquinho la .. eca
Nossa, não gosto nem de lembrar do porquinho, ugh…