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 Lima and Cuzco (3400m altitude) Hola, We arrived at Lima this morning at 8am. We took the company Cruz Del Sur and the coach was the best one ever! The seats convert into beds and we had hostesses serving food and we even played bingo! We took a bus straight from the bus terminal to the airport, the driver was an old Peruvian, really friendly, who talked politics and social condition for more than half an hour. When we got to the airport, a group of girls jumped at us when we mentionned Cuzco and said the last plane of the day was leaving within the next 30mn! We got a bit scared since we didn`t want to spend the whole day in Lima after we had already travelled to the airport. I checked with the other Peruvian airlines, they confirmed there were no more seats on later flights. We finally accepted to go with that flight, but they said the check-in was then closed... Great. After almost begging them, one of the girls accepted to sell us the ticket, while the other one was heading to the check-in, without telling us... with all our luggage! we started running after her, and finally had to keep all our luggage with us... We then run from one side of the airport to the other, passing all the checks... finding the gate... ouf, the plane was still there! An hour later, we landed in Cuzco, what an amazing flight, crossing the Cordillera de los Andes! It`s incredibly beautiful, and the mountains are really high! We are to spend about a week here, going to the Machu Picchu, the Lake Titicaca to finally fly back to Quito (if we manage to find a good price). Hope everyone is ok, Thanks to those who left us messages on our message board. Still can`t upload the pixs... Sabine y Beto Coucou a tous, Beacoup de peripeties dans les dernieres 24h! De Piura nous sommes alles a Catacaos, un petit village avec un magnifique marché d`artisanat, mais surtout d`or et d`argent. On avait vraiment besoin d`une douche, et par miracle nous avons trouve un pti boui-boui qui nous a preté une chambre pour 2heures (non non, ce n`est pas ce que vous croyez, c`etait pour prendre une douche, comme on vous l`a dit!). Bref, on a paye 4 dollars! Nous avons pris le bus de nuit, bus de compet avec des sieges couchettes et hotesses a bord, servant le pti dej et nous avons meme joue au loto! En arrivant a Lima ce matin, nous avons pris un taxi pour l`aeroport, un vieux peruvien tres sympa et interessant qui nous a parlé de politique et de condition sociale pendant tout le trajet. En arrivant a l`aeroports, des femmes nous on saute dessus et en comprenant que nous allions a Cuzco on essaye de nous vendre soit disant les derniers tickets disponible de la journee, pour un avion qui partait...30 min plus tard! J`ai voulu checker avec les autres compagnies, et il semble qu`elles disaient vrai! Nous avons donc saute sur l`opportunite, ne voulant pas passer un autre jour a attendre... Le check-in etait ferme mais nous avons quand meme reussi a acheter les billets, puis ce fut la course dans tout l`aeroport... il ne restait que 15min... Un long voyage donc, mais qui en valait la peine! Cuzco est une ville superbe, tout pres du Machu Picchu. Nous commencerons l`excursion demain, nous avons trop hate! Apres le Machu Picchu nous visiterons les sites des environs puis nous irons au Lac Titicaca avant de retourner a Quito (par avion nous l`esperons, si on trouve un bon prix).Bisous a tous. Merci a ceux qui nous ont laisse des messages!
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Diary Photos
| 18th Apr 2006 | |
| The Cordillera from the plane | |
| ... From Lima to Cusco... Amazing view |
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