Peru and Easter Island Day Nine
May 7, 2010
Today is the first day this trip that I do not have to get up ridiculously early; in fact I don’t get out of bed until 10.00am!!! When I do I go for a walk around Plaza de Armas and up one of the side streets to find the 12 sided stone. When I get there I get my picture taken by it and one of the locals tells me that the stone is more famous than Michael Jackson, somehow I don’t think so. Read more
Peru and Easter Island Day Eight
May 6, 2010
Another really early day today, I get up at 4.10 and start to get ready. When I go in the shower there is no hot water, I don’t mean that cold water is running out of the hot water tap I mean nothing is running out of the hot water tap. I decide not to have a shower today as I don’t think my body could take a freezing cold shower at this time in the morning. Read more
Peru and Easter Island Day Seven
May 5, 2010
Another early morning again today, I get up at 4.30 and am picked up at 5.20 and taken to the train station here I board a mini bus and am taken to Piscaicucho where I will board the train to Machu Picchu. Normally you can get the train directly from Cusco but the flooding earlier in the year wiped out the tracks. So now everyone needs to take the two hour minibus drive to get the train. Read more
Peru and Easter Island Day Six
May 4, 2010
I get ready and have a shower, I can also hear the people in the nearby rooms having a shower and going to the bathroom.
I head down for breakfast as everything is uncovered I don’t fancy any cheese or ham that a fly has been on so I settle for a banana. Read more
Peru and Easter Island Day Five
May 3, 2010
I get up and head for breakfast again; I have the same as yesterday, bread, ham and cheese that I make a sandwich out of. I check out of the hotel and am picked up at 7.15 for a short trip to the train station, there I board the first class Andean Explorer train. Read more
Peru and Easter Island Day Four
May 2, 2010
I get up quite early and go for breakfast at 6am, there is not much on offer just some cheese, ham and bread, which I make a few sandwiches with. I am picked up at 6.45 and taken to the port, there I board my boat for the day the “Illapa”. Read more
Peru and Easter Island Day Three
May 1, 2010
I get up and go down for breakfast, there are not much on offer, some fruit, bread, sautéed potatoes and chopped up hotdog sausages. After breakfast I go back to my room and pack my bags then check out. Read more