Cuzco
4:20 PM
Yesterday was our first free day and we used it to do some shopping in the morning, move hotels and most importantly, organise to get some laundry done. I personally don´t think there is enough money in the world to deal with my socks after hiking the Inca trail but we found a laundry to do it all for just $10AUD. Bargain.
In the afternoon, Jon and I caught up with four other Perth people that had been on our Inca trail tour and we headed up above Cuzco city to see yet more Inca ruins. The main one right by Cuzco is Saqsayhuaman which is thoughtfully nicknamed ¨Sexy Woman¨as that´s what it sounds like when you pronounce that name! The six of us managed to commandeer a taxi to take us around for $20AUD and we visited the three other ruins in the area of Q'enqo, Pukapukara and Tambomachay.
Today is our last day in Cuzco and this morning we went on a four hour quad bike tour around the highlands of Cuzco. The tour company wasn´t great, the machines weren´t the best but fun was still had. I came back covered in dust from head to toe but with a big smile on my face. We did have one injury on the tour however. One girl was driving her quad and she turned too hard and fast and managed to throw herself and her boyfriend off. After initially thinking she´d broken something, she turned out to be ok, with only minor cuts and some bruising.
This afternoon we are just chilling around. I did a little more shopping and took the time to upload more pics so check it out. Tomorrow we fly to Iquitos via Lima and then the next day starts our four day tour into the Amazon Jungle. We´re staying at a Jungle lodge with no power so there won´t be any updates for a little while.
Hope all is well with everyone. Cheers!
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