I love the night life ...
I´m leaving Cusco for good soon and I will be really sad to see it disappear through the back window of the bus. Spending a few days here on my own has given me a chance to meet some amazing travellers and to have a really good shop as only a woman can!
I have explored both Cathedrals now which is almost a days worth of work - they are so big! And it is easy to see where all the Inca gold and silver ended up. I went along to mass the night before last to see if it was any different and, suprise, suprise, it was exactly the same only in a different language. Although I couldn´t quite undrestand the sermon, I could tell by the look on the Padre´s face that he was telling me to behave myself. **tee hee**
I have also been diligently exploring the town´s bars and pubs. Many many Irish pubs are to be found here to cater for all the backpackers - I really enjoyed having Shepard´s Pie. The beer here is good too. There seem to be two main brands - Cuscaquena & Cristal. Both are heavy lagers which forces me not to get too drunk as I feel full after one ´small´bottle. (Small here is 1 litre)
Yesterday afternoon I caught the train with my group to Aguas Calientes, the rest stop at the bottom of the mountain where Machu Picchu sits. It is a funny little town, with one main street full of restaurants and hostels with the train running right down the middle. You sit drinking your Inca Cola and get covered in black smoke as the train steams by.
The view out of my hotel room is of three huge mountains with a rocky lake running between them. Truely awe inspiring. I will meet Phil at Machu Picchu tomorrow morning although I have received a message that he is quite sick with Gastro so I am not sure that we will spend much time exploring the ruins. I hope he is okay.
Talk soon,
B/.
