We only have 10 days to go.........4 months has gone by quickly and we have been having a fabulous time but it will be nice to get back home to see our friends and family.
Rachel, and her boyfriend Javier, joined us in La Paz and we are now a travelling group of 5 gringos although Javier with his Mexican background looks the part and speaks Spanish which has shortened our conversations with the locals. Unfortunately, our good friend Lin from Brantford, Ontario is having some health pr0blems and has had to cancel her plans to join us for the Machu Picchu adventure........we wish her well.
From La Paz we headed west to Copacabana and Lake Titicaca, a huge lake (250 km´s long and up to 100 km´s wide) situated at 3500 metres above sea level with surrounding mountains making it very picturesque. The young ones spent an extra day there touring Isla del Sol (Sun Island) while we continued on to Cusco, Peru so that I could get my sciatica problem looked after by a doctor........she gve me some shots and set me up for some daily physio (electro therapy), and I am starting to feel a little better but the 4 day trek to Machu Picchu is approaching faster and is now at risk for me. I am still hopeful but every step is painful right now so reality is starting to set in for me.
We celebrated Caity´s 25th birthday last night in Cusco at a pub close to our hostal. She outlasted us all, hooking up with some California travelers at the pub and returning in the wee hours. Today, the rest of our group is off on a day trip to Pisac to see some Inca ruins and a market, and our next stop will be the Sacred Valley (an hour away) which will be the starting point for the 4 day trek (45 m´s) along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. We are still on the altiplano 3-4 km´s above sea level so the nights are getting very chilly (down to freezing or below) and we are wearing multiple layers.......the hostels all have several thick blankets and electric heaters in the rooms (no central heating systems) so all of the extra clothes we have been carrying around for 3.5 months are coming in handy.
Cheers.
Rachel, and her boyfriend Javier, joined us in La Paz and we are now a travelling group of 5 gringos although Javier with his Mexican background looks the part and speaks Spanish which has shortened our conversations with the locals. Unfortunately, our good friend Lin from Brantford, Ontario is having some health pr0blems and has had to cancel her plans to join us for the Machu Picchu adventure........we wish her well.
From La Paz we headed west to Copacabana and Lake Titicaca, a huge lake (250 km´s long and up to 100 km´s wide) situated at 3500 metres above sea level with surrounding mountains making it very picturesque. The young ones spent an extra day there touring Isla del Sol (Sun Island) while we continued on to Cusco, Peru so that I could get my sciatica problem looked after by a doctor........she gve me some shots and set me up for some daily physio (electro therapy), and I am starting to feel a little better but the 4 day trek to Machu Picchu is approaching faster and is now at risk for me. I am still hopeful but every step is painful right now so reality is starting to set in for me.
We celebrated Caity´s 25th birthday last night in Cusco at a pub close to our hostal. She outlasted us all, hooking up with some California travelers at the pub and returning in the wee hours. Today, the rest of our group is off on a day trip to Pisac to see some Inca ruins and a market, and our next stop will be the Sacred Valley (an hour away) which will be the starting point for the 4 day trek (45 m´s) along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. We are still on the altiplano 3-4 km´s above sea level so the nights are getting very chilly (down to freezing or below) and we are wearing multiple layers.......the hostels all have several thick blankets and electric heaters in the rooms (no central heating systems) so all of the extra clothes we have been carrying around for 3.5 months are coming in handy.
Cheers.
WOW - what an amazing adventure. Thank you for all the blogs - we have thoroughly enjoyed every update.
ReplyDeleteTalk soon.
Kind regards,
Ian & Sue.