Circling around the south west of Lake Titicaca to the frontier town of Kasani the bus drivers delighted us by bringing a slice of Brisbane culture to this rainy, frosty, hailing, corner of rural Peru. Yes people, Savage Garden’s Greatest Hits are blaring from the bus stereo. And of course…
Peru
a marathon in four days…getting my Inca Trail on to Machu Picchu
/ 12/06/2013Unless you’ve been under a hypnotist’s spell, compelling you to not know anything about Peru, you’ll have heard of a little jaunt tourists like to tick off their bucket list called the Inca Trail which leads – eventually – to the Inca city Machu Picchu. Having had this item on…
capitals and capitalism
/ 10/06/2013Historic Incan capital Cusco is a bustling city full of cobblestone streets with perilously skinny footpaths, Incan flags on every light post which look suspiciously-exactly-the-same-as-gay-pride-flags, random fireworks at odd times both day and night just to keep you on your toes, colourful processions of defense forces, traditional dancing and brass…
“enjoying” the journey
/ 03/06/2013You know the good thing about sitting in a variety of buses alllllll day? I can catch up on my blog during those hours we’re not racing another bus around Andean hairpin turns and I’m not one-sharp-swerve-to-avoid-oncoming-traffic away from careening onto the floor. No wonder seat belts are compulsory in…
canyon deep, mountain high – condors and human sacrifices
/ 03/06/2013Arequipa is the second largest city in Peru in population terms at least, many of which live in shanty towns on the edge. During the days we spent there we enjoyed fresh juice at the produce market in between being horrified by the whole boiled sheep’s heads and butchers throwing…