left cuzo at 05.30 for the airport in juliaca(50 soles taxi),was stopeed at police checkpoint for taxi driver to produce his licence, luckly we had the only taxi driver in peru with a licence the endured the streets of juliaca.Juliaca a town down on its luck, formerly the main railway junction of peru till improved roads and air links sealed its fate, also its earthquake central,its image was not hepled by the 8 taxis from puno to the airport deciding to travel in convoy with no stopping horns a tooting, through the town.Juliaca airport pre departure has restaurant, toilets, confectionary shop and after security toilets and asweet shop

the airport in typical peruvian style allows you in and somehow or another after much presenting your passport giving a boarding card pay airport tax you are on board,that

was till the pilot announced storms very bad weather in cusco, big delays but we took off 5 minutes later, to what we thought,

sitting on the left gave great views of salkantay and the clear skys around cusco

landing in cusco you can get a free bottle shot of oxygen , but been acclimisted to lake titicca we declined

a 20 sole taxi ride to the hotel taki wasi followed, the driver been unaware of the pilots weather staus for cusco, the taki wasi , aah, usual mayhem and confusion, with people checking in and leaving, we got awarm welcome from the receptionist we took to the game and took us to breakfast in the hotel ignoring the other guests to up date us on the football news, good knows what he will do on sunday when we give give him a scotland strip