After Machu Picchu we had a short few days back in Cusco before heading up to the oasis in the desert next to Ica. Although still a bit tired from the hectic 4 day tour we wanted to make the most of the city. We visited 3 museums in one day, the church and catacombs in San Francisco square (busy also as it was the day of celebrating the Virgin Mary), a small chocolate museum and also the Machu Picchu museum! The final day we all treated ourselves to a massage a...

On the trip from Arequipa to Cusco we went all out and paid for the luxury 1st class section on the night bus (still only £20 each!). 'Lazy boy' type leather seats, only 9 on the whole bottom deck, dinner brought out and served and working air con and lights! It wasn't much different from 1st class in a plane with the nearly full reclining seats as well! The plan was to arrive in Cusco by around 7.30, at that point we hit a traffic jam into town and were still ...