Travelogues Cusco

June 30th. I am welcomed in my breakfast restaurant like an old acquaintance. The oldest girl passes me with a quick nod and comes back shortly after with bread and eggs....

'Inka Jungle Trail' On the way to Machu Picchu, Day 4

I have now arrived in Cusco, Peru. After another eleven-hour overnight drive from Copacabana, I arrived at the hostel in Cusco early in the morning. Since Easter was...

So actually we were supposed to go back to Lima on the 28th. But that literally fell into the water! Due to the flooding, many hostels have no running water and drinking water...

I woke up in Cusco and there are still a few little things to do today. But I am stopped in my hotel room, which unfortunately cannot be opened from the inside. Luckily my room...

Day 17 We're taking a long distance. In the evening we take the coach to Cusco in 10 hours for 13 euros per person. Extremely cheap. Awesome luxury. Only I can't sleep with...

Hello, my dears. Today I was in the small town of Misminay, near Cusco. The place is around 3720 m. I had a lot of respect for the height beforehand. So I was picked up by a...

Today was all about the theme of "Inca". From the 13th to the 16th century, there was the great Inca Empire in the western part of South America, from present-day Ecuador to...

'A cynic is someone who knows the price of everything but the value of nothing,' Oscar Wilde is often quoted like this or something similar. With the following comments, I do...

Cusco: Ruins, culture, and culinary delights everywhere you look...

In Cusco, we have to take it easy at first.

To conclude my Andes tour, I engaged in some physical activity and climbed a mountain. The goal: The Humantay lake at an altitude of 4200 meters. A 3-kilometer hike from the...

Arriving in Cusco, we spent most of day 3 on a bus and on day 4 we headed to Aguas Calientes, also known as Machu Picchu Pueblo. This place only exists because...

After a long flight, or rather 3 flights, we are finally in South America in Peru. After a night near the airport in Lima, we continue on to Cusco. It is probably the most...

A long bus ride awaits us from Lima to Cusco. We spend a total of 21 hours on the bus. However, this is not comparable to buses as we know them. In the luxury bus, we have...

The former capital of the Incas and its breathtaking surroundings have fascinated us.

The Sacred Valley

After my adventure on the volcano, I spent the week very relaxed. Of course, I was still involved in the project at the school, and in the afternoons, Linda and I explored the...

Our Airbnb is awesome! We have an entire house to ourselves: 3 floors, 5 bedrooms, a yoga room and a huge sofa. You can live here :D After the strenuous tour, we treat ourselves...

Yesterday I went to bed really early. I slept until 4/5am, which is long since I was already in bed at 7/8pm. Shortly after 6 I went down for breakfast and was unfortunately...

3.30 Clock rang, because today we had a 4-hour Car ride ahead of us. 4am Willi picked us up, he is again our guide and driver. We drove south, the later it became the smaller...

In Arequipa, I met travelers who were completing the Gringo Trail in the opposite direction. They all spoke highly of Cusco. The ancient capital of the Inca Empire was the...

how a city conquered our hearts...

After our rest day in Cusco, where we said goodbye to the Salkantay travel group 'Speedy Gonzales' at dinner, we went on a trip to Rainbow Mountain, which was only discovered or...

Sweet temptation in Cusco

On Saturday morning at 7:00 am, we should be at Plaza de Armas to take the bus to Hidroelectrica. Around 8:00 am, we were finally picked up to drive for another 1.5 hours...

Near the former Inca capital Cusco is the so-called Sacred Valley (Valle Sagrado), where there are numerous Inca ruins and temples to see. Starting with Chinchero, which is...

31.07. at 06:00 am, the luxury is over. The vespa is sent back onto the street, but monitored by a camera in case the robber Hotzenplotz tries to tamper with it.I lay back down...

Cusco

After some considerations, I eventually decided to reach Machu Picchu by walking along the 45km long Inca Trail for four days. On Thursday early in the morning we went by bus to...