Here are some random pictures of Cuzco and us leaving Peru. We rode the bus around 50 hours from Cuzco to Puerto Lopez, Ecuador! We are also proud to say we made it through the most dangerous border crossing in South America with no problems. We admit we took the easy route though by taking a bus across, instead of hiring a taxi. We could see how it would be dangerous though, we had a mob of taxi drivers trying to give us any reason to get in there car. It was kind of scary. Anyways here are the pics.
This is a common taxi in Peru that is used for short distance rides. It is just a motorcycle with a cabin built around it.
The landscape by the coast of central Peru. Pretty much just sand!
The PanAmerican Highway with the Pacific Ocean in the background.
This is in Cuzco. This was the major entrance into the city back in the day.
This is the door to the Loki Hostel. The couple that was with us on the trek to Machu Picchu work at this hostel, and when we came to say good bye they indulged us with a little history of the building. I guess when the Spaniards took over the city they would hang Inca women from this door to deture Spaniards from sleeping with Inca women. They did not want to mix the blood.
They found this painting underneath the plaster in one of the rooms in the hostel. It is the orginal painting from the 1500 or 1600´s.
This is a view of the the church in the Plaza de Armas from the hostel.
Cuzco has incredibly narrow streets, and most are cobblestone. Once you get so high on the hill all the streets just turn into stairs for pedistrains. This is stairway outside the hostel we stayed at. The stairways are kind of like a maze through the buildings.
The wall of a museum now, but during Inca times it was some kind of palace. The stones are big and shaped really well!
This is a common taxi in Peru that is used for short distance rides. It is just a motorcycle with a cabin built around it.
The landscape by the coast of central Peru. Pretty much just sand!
The PanAmerican Highway with the Pacific Ocean in the background.
This is in Cuzco. This was the major entrance into the city back in the day.
This is the door to the Loki Hostel. The couple that was with us on the trek to Machu Picchu work at this hostel, and when we came to say good bye they indulged us with a little history of the building. I guess when the Spaniards took over the city they would hang Inca women from this door to deture Spaniards from sleeping with Inca women. They did not want to mix the blood.
They found this painting underneath the plaster in one of the rooms in the hostel. It is the orginal painting from the 1500 or 1600´s.
This is a view of the the church in the Plaza de Armas from the hostel.
Cuzco has incredibly narrow streets, and most are cobblestone. Once you get so high on the hill all the streets just turn into stairs for pedistrains. This is stairway outside the hostel we stayed at. The stairways are kind of like a maze through the buildings.
The wall of a museum now, but during Inca times it was some kind of palace. The stones are big and shaped really well!
1 comment:
Those roads are so fly...love the cobblestone and I totally love how they all turn into stairs, seems as if there is something just perfect about that.
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