Piako went to Peru and went to see the famous Machu Picchu. He was amazed by the view and loved climbing Huayana Picchu to appreciate it.
Category: Peru
Machu Picchu
Our day in Machu Picchu began with the sound of our 4.30am alarm – which turned out to be unnecessary as every other person in our hostel was also getting up at that time to go to Machu Picchu. The hostel even served breakfast at 5am for all the early risers! We were all getting…
The Sacred Valley
Close to Cusco is the Sacred Valley, where you can visit several different archaeological sites. We took a bus to Pisac, the first of these sites. Pisac has an Inca village perched high on the hills – we took a taxi up to the ruins, and walked over the high path to arrive at the…
Cusco
Cusco (also spelled Cuzco or Qusqu) is a great town, located high in the mountains (at around 3400 metres). We were really grateful to be able to stay with our friend Bronwyn there and have an insider’s view to Cusco. Some of the highlights of our stay were: Hiking up the hill near to Bron’s…
Puno to Cusco
We took the tourist bus from Puno to Cusco, which stopped at several different interesting places along the way. Our first stop was at an archaeological museum which was quite small but interesting. Our guide was a very enthusiastic woman, who spoke at top speed in both English and Spanish – we think we got…
Meandering Kiwis 