We went for a very long walk this morning in downtown Cusco. We were all pretty tired out by the end, but we were glad that we had gotten out. This morning we also got our passport photos taken care of, so now we can get into Bolivia.
Tomorrow at 5 in the morning we are going to go begin the Lares trail to Machu Picchu. We will be hiking about two and a half days, and then will take a train the rest of the way up. I will be unable to blog at least until the evening of the 22nd, but if I can't do it then it will be another week before I can because we are leaving the day after we get back to trek into the rainforest.
This evening we went out again, and got caught in a huge thunderstorm. Rain was bucketing down, and there were rivers in the streets. There are drains that the water can come our of in nearly every street, and white-water on the rivers. The rain coming off the roofs hit the ground so hard it sent up a splash of at least five feet, and there were brilliant and frequent flashes of lightning.
Naturally, as soon as we got back home the rain let up.
Have a wonderful and safe trek up the mountain! We look forward to your next post!
ReplyDelete