Rest and Recover

Domingo, 27-Julio-2014

Star Perú flight

So remember that whole "busiest travel holiday" thing. Well yeah that also applied to the airport. We got picked up at 6am in order to make a 9:30am flight and even then it was close. We were all dead from the night before so our Spanglish was significantly lacking. We made it through security but saw some funny things... Clearly they didn't care about liquids since we saw several people walked through the metal detectors carrying their coffee cups!! We made it to the gate with enough time to grab some coffee and a McHeuvo. 

The flight was pretty painless except for the landing. Cusco is nestled in the valley of tall Andes mountians. This makes landing pretty difficult since you can't slowly decend. Instead we came up over the mountain peak and started dropping out of the sky pretty fast. We made a large circle around the airport, but I've never decended so fast in my life. 

Nap Time

All of us needed to get some sleep after two long nights. No one slept much on our bus ride from hell and then last nights activities didn't leave much time for sleep either. All 8 of us were zombies getting to the hostel and we passed out for a couple hours. Today has definitely been a rest and recover day so we are ready for the exciting days ahead! Oh also this is the same hostel that Brett and Melissa stayed in when they visited Cusco!!

Being Real People

People began emerging from their slumber around 4ish and so we decided it would be a good idea to go outside, see Cusco before it's dark, and get some food. Cusco is a beautiful European looking city with many beautiful churches and Inca buildings. The Spanish conquistadors truly influenced the look and feel of the city! It's about the same size as Huancayo but MUCH cleaner. Also no more stray dogs or cars honking!!