Ok…. So the return trip back to Cusco was a lot better then expected …. The following morning I bought a train ticket to Ollantaytambo (US$51 for 2hr ride), and then was lucky enough to share a cab with some locals back to Cusco (US$3.50 for 1.5hr, 85km ride) … all up the trip back was less than 4hrs, bypassing the most dangerous roads with the sheer cliff drop-offs.
I really had enough of the Cusco, and had the need to move on, so decided to catch a night bus (with a bed-seat) to Arequipa, about which I have heard a lot of good things.
Arequipa gave me a flashback to my South America travels of 2003 …. All these Latin American cities have the same feel about them …. Spanish influenced building, churches …. But nothing really unique, that gives them any WOW factor.
Arequipa is much prettier than Cusco, with a magnificent cathedral …. But other than that, there is really nothing here to keep my attention for longer than a day … so tomorrow, decided to fly back to Lima … giving me two full days to explore Peru’s capital, before heading back to USA, and then Oz.
I really had enough of the Cusco, and had the need to move on, so decided to catch a night bus (with a bed-seat) to Arequipa, about which I have heard a lot of good things.
Arequipa gave me a flashback to my South America travels of 2003 …. All these Latin American cities have the same feel about them …. Spanish influenced building, churches …. But nothing really unique, that gives them any WOW factor.
Arequipa is much prettier than Cusco, with a magnificent cathedral …. But other than that, there is really nothing here to keep my attention for longer than a day … so tomorrow, decided to fly back to Lima … giving me two full days to explore Peru’s capital, before heading back to USA, and then Oz.
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