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We stayed in a nice hostel in Miraflores called Pariwana Hostel. On our first full day we got up early and did some sight seeing we went and saw The Goverments Palace, San Francisco Church, Townhall, Desamparados Train Station and Main Square this was all very pretty and very interesting and then we went to Mistura a local Peru food festival which is held once a year. The cab driver asked us if we had tickets already and we hadn't and he pointed to the que which was miles long and said I will get you tickets so he told me to wait in the cab and told Luke to run with him and ten minutes later they come running back with tickets! We were a bit worried but we walked straight past everyone and walked straight in! So a very lovely taxi man! We ate and drunk alot of the local peruvian food it was sooo nice! Such a nice atmosphere aswell. On the way home we went to the fountain shows in Parque De La Reserva which was amazing!
Back at the bar in the hostel we met Claire and Danny from Oz and Aaron from Canada and it started casually at the bar and ended in a local night club drinking far to many Pisco Sours!! Very good night thou! The next day we spent the whole day hanging but by 8pm we were back on it and we went out with the guys from the hostel and they took us to some more local clubs again a very good night!!
The next day we said our goodbyes and went to the bus station Crus Del Sur to head to Cusco the bus left at 2pm and we arrived at 11am the next day! It Was 21 hours of feeling like you were on a roller coaster on the edge of a cliff! The sights on the way were lovely but we just felt sick all the way! We have now checked into our Hostel and we have a couple of days before our trek begins! Xx
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