Im still here. I remember I got stuck in my least favourite city, Delhi and here I am in my least fovourite city, Cusco waiting for a flight tomorrow. So I decide to go for a walk this morning and I see all these people carrying bouquets. Not flowers but more like weeds. The closer I got to the Plaza the more I saw. Then I realised it is the start of Semana Santa. Its what they call Easter. It is huge here. It is a chance to prove how catholic you really are. If ...

Im back in Cusco, just hangin around waiting to go to the jungle in a few days. It was such a great morning this morning that I walked to the churck and left my jacket and windcheater. I thought I dont need them any more cos Im going to the tropical jungle. I caught a collectivo back to Urubamba with the porters from SAS who had just come off the Inka trail. You recon the smell wasnt something to behold. Change at Urubamba to bus for the rest of the trip to Cusco...

Before you get too far ahead of yourself that is the name of the place I went to today and is the site of a bloody battle between the incas and the spanish. The spanish won and there were so many dead incas that hords of condors decended on the place to eat the dead and that is why there are 8 condors on the Peru coat of arms. Last night I went to dinner near the Plaza. I had the whole restaurant to myself for over an hour. I went all out and had Pisco sour, rum ...

The hostel I am in is as quiet as. There only about 3 rooms occupied so it is great. Before breakfast this morning I went for a walk to get my bearings. I couldnt find anything where it was supposed to be. I latter worked out I had the map upside down. After breaky I walked to the Plaza de Armas. The road from my hostel to the plaza is a main road and there are heaps of travel agents along there. I used the opportunity to check out prices for a trip to the jungle...

It was 6deg this morning but it felt warmer than it has for a few days. I lumped my big pack for a couple of kilometers this morning to find the cheese sandwich man from yesterday. When I found him he was out of cheese so that was a bummer. I caught a cab from there to the bus station. I was told to bring plenty of food and water cos the trip will take 10-12 hours and no stops. Bus was leaving at 8 and there had been a few leave before ours. I was travelling with...