From Puno to Cuzco
10/3/05
Well, Puno itself didn't have much to offer, so we left at 8 a.m. for Cuzco. We had a two-floor bus and we managed to get the four front seats on the upper level which provides an excellent panoramic view ...
... of the nice landscape we went through.
Mountains were all around and the vegetation kept changing as we got higher. It got drier and drier, the threes disappeared and at one point the vegetation was mainly composed of bushes. After the pass, at 4.300 meters, the road went always down until it reached Cuzco, at 3.400 meters.
We were stopped on the way by a police checkpoint. They looked through the luggage's of all the passengers and they found a lot of stuff to keep. We could watch and hear the cry of some passengers that lost some goods.
Then the bus made a stop in a smaller village on the way.
Sellers are not allowed in the bus station, so there is the fence to keep them out, but a strategically placed gap allows the passengers to buy snacks or refreshment anyway.
Because we had a reservation in a hotel in Cuzco, there was someone waiting for us at the bus station. We were brought to the hotel where we arrived around 4:30 p.m. At night we went to see this fabulous charming city built on the foundation of Inca walls.
We had also booked a trek to Machu Picchu with www.hikingperu.com. We found their office and confirmed our depart on the 10/5. Everything was perfectly fine. We had the rest of the night to walk around and explore the streets that were full of people; there was a festival going on and the students of the school of San Francisco de Assis were getting ready for a parade.
Meanwhile we walked through the Plaza de Armas, snapped into the church La Compañia de Jesus and got a glimpse of its interior. It contains stones from the palace of Inca and it was partially destroyed in 1986 by an earthquake. It has a baroque facade and it is one of the most ornate of Cuzco. It is the church on the right side of the following picture.
When enough was enough we went back to the hotel.
Well, Puno itself didn't have much to offer, so we left at 8 a.m. for Cuzco. We had a two-floor bus and we managed to get the four front seats on the upper level which provides an excellent panoramic view ...
... of the nice landscape we went through.
Mountains were all around and the vegetation kept changing as we got higher. It got drier and drier, the threes disappeared and at one point the vegetation was mainly composed of bushes. After the pass, at 4.300 meters, the road went always down until it reached Cuzco, at 3.400 meters.
We were stopped on the way by a police checkpoint. They looked through the luggage's of all the passengers and they found a lot of stuff to keep. We could watch and hear the cry of some passengers that lost some goods.
Then the bus made a stop in a smaller village on the way.
Sellers are not allowed in the bus station, so there is the fence to keep them out, but a strategically placed gap allows the passengers to buy snacks or refreshment anyway.
Because we had a reservation in a hotel in Cuzco, there was someone waiting for us at the bus station. We were brought to the hotel where we arrived around 4:30 p.m. At night we went to see this fabulous charming city built on the foundation of Inca walls.
We had also booked a trek to Machu Picchu with www.hikingperu.com. We found their office and confirmed our depart on the 10/5. Everything was perfectly fine. We had the rest of the night to walk around and explore the streets that were full of people; there was a festival going on and the students of the school of San Francisco de Assis were getting ready for a parade.
Meanwhile we walked through the Plaza de Armas, snapped into the church La Compañia de Jesus and got a glimpse of its interior. It contains stones from the palace of Inca and it was partially destroyed in 1986 by an earthquake. It has a baroque facade and it is one of the most ornate of Cuzco. It is the church on the right side of the following picture.
When enough was enough we went back to the hotel.
posted by Adriano and Angie | 11:45 AM
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It is the beginning of great trip to Inca Trail - stay tune
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