It´s taken a while to get to a internet cafe, but that´s because we´ve been so busy!! We´re doing 4 our lessons of Spanish every day, plus travelling from the guest rooms we´re staying in to central Cuzco every day. Also because, well... things seem to take longer in Peru. As we say Hora Peruana (Peru time).
We haven´t met our families yet, that´ll be on Saturday. The altitude was pretty intense for the first few days! As soon as we stepped off the plane you could feel how thin the air was, and for about 3 days i was headachey and lightheaded, not to mention needing to stop for a rest after climbing up like 4 steps!! I´ve acclimatised a bit now, but can still feel how little oxygen there is in the air, especially when going uphill (which you go CONSTANTLY in and around Cuzco).
This city is beautiful, no, beyond beautiful. It´s like something from a story book. Narrow cobbled, rolling alleyways criss cross their way through the central city, and all the buildings are made of beautiful old rock and stones. Colours are everywhere, as are people, both Peruvian and foreign.
The weather here is weird... FREEZING at night... like AS SOON as the sun sets. Yet very hot during the day, but only in the sun... shade is still cool.
Today we all took the bus up towards Pisac, and got off at Christo Blanco, a giant white statue of jesus that looms over Cuzco. From there we walked accross to some Inca ruins called Sexa Women (or something along those lines), and most of us went in.
It was still good as we went and sat in the shade, and walked around admiring the views. After meeting the others after they´d looked around the ruins we walked down a steep cobbled road into Cuzco and through some incredibly winding streets until we got to San Blas, the area where we do the spanish lessons.
I´ll blog again when i get the time, maybe a few days.
Lots of love, Clancy
ps. Apparently tomorrow we´re doing a treasure hunt around Cuzco!
Lovely to hear from you all.
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