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November 07, 2007
The Road to Cusco - Confessions of a Third World Traveler
Chino (my driver, interpreter, and bodyguard) and I rolled into the ancient Incan capital of Cusco this afternoon/evening. We're sitting here in Cafe Trotamundos (loosely stranslates as Globe Trotters), pounding cervesas and pisco sours.
Vacaction has been excellent so far. Can’t describe how cool the drive was from Nazca to Cuzco, but if you’ve ever done it, you know.
Chino used to live in Cusco, and he knows these people really well. Every town we go through, he runs into people he knows. In every town, he knows the restaurants, hotels, etc. In Nazca and we had to pay $8.00 a night for a room, and I impressed on him for some time that I am not rich and, in the United States, $8.00 is a lot of money.
Gas here is 17 Sol ($6/ a gallon) and I make him shut off the engine instead of leaving it idling.
Yesterday, in Puquio, we found some cuy (guinea pigs) for lunch, but they would not let me photograph them. I swear this is true.
Photos are just too strange to be believed. I've been to Mexico City and Montego Bay and Havana and the Bahamas and, believe you me, they don't hold a candle to Peru. I've been shooting 500-1000 frames a day for 5 with two cameras.
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Posted by Rob Kiser on November 07, 2007 at 04:57 PM
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Better yet, just ignore me.
Posted by: SS on November 07, 2007 at 11:10 PM
Gas here is 17 Sol ($6/ a gallon)
Are you in for a shock when you get back to the U.S.
Posted by: Greedy Oil Comany Executive on November 08, 2007 at 02:48 PM
SS, I didn't mean to ignore you. Things have been crazy in Peru today. Big strike and the whole country shut down. So, we went to a little festival in the Andes Mountains in Urubamba. Then, we drank beers and ate guinea pigs. This morning, I watched a Macaw fight a labrador retriever for a bagel. God I love this country.
Posted by: Rob Kiser on November 08, 2007 at 07:00 PM