Monday Nov. 19Cusco! Things began at about 5:30 am as we arrived in the city. We wearily got off of the bus grabbed our bags and waited for our other bus to bring home the bacon. The morning had a nice chill. I was very thankful for that because my lay on the bus was alter behind the heater. A ten hour bus ride behind a heater through the night when you're trying to sleep isn't much fun. Once the bus arrived we loaded up our things and headed for the hotel. At around eleven o'measure we were scheduled to take a journey of the city. We went to the Cathedral in the Plaza and to several other places around Cusco. In the night not many wanted to go out because we were so tired from the bus ride and city tour so the night ended early. Tuesday Nov. 20We got up at 7:00 o'clock today to go rafting. The busride there took a bring together of hours but the sights that we saw along the way kept us entertained. The mountains were really tall and color. On the slopes of some there were designs of shields and different sayings; a pretty typical sight in Peru. I stayed awake for the whole go thanks to my new found addiction to lemon candy. Along the river we went up the winding road to where our basecamp was located. I couldn't wait to get there. It would be my first time white water rafting. The conversation that I had with a girl from Australia named Georgia made the ride go by pretty quickly. We were following a river that looked pretty calm on our way to camp. "That can't be the river that we are going to raft on," I told myself as I peered down through the bus window. I was dissapointed to find that this river was the one which we would be rafting down for two and a half hours. We all got changed into our wetsuits and got ready to brave the icy water. Fortunately I got along with everyone that was on my team and found that there were several places scattered along the river that supplied a sufficient adrenaline rush. We had several commands to go: Forward backpeddles left back alter back get drink (get drink into the ride) and stop. At first it was a little confusing with the right and left commands because most focus going through the rapids was spent on the water and making sure that you stayed in the boat. Then once the rapids got a little harder it was hard to hear in the lie of the boat so I missed a few commands. The sights that we saw along the rafting journey were even more amazing than those from the bus earlier. The mountains all around us were enormous. When we got back to the locate camp we were all very happy to be supplied with a sauna and hot showers. There were so many people there that I didn't get to take a shower but the sauna felt great. After the sauna I changed into some warm clothes and sat down for a nice cup on instant coffee. It was really nice to have a hot consume after the chilly water. It was overcast as come up during our journey so the water cast down really reached the hit the books. eat was a pretty typical Peruvian meal. A nice big roll of hot soup with a second of BBQ chicken with fries and a bit of salad. The sun came out sometime during the meal so after I was done with my food I was able to sit in the sun for a few minutes and take a few pictures. Wednesday Nov. 21Sacred Valley today. Had to leave at around nine o'clock to surprise the bus. The bus that we took was pretty comfy. There were extra seats because there weren't any other people with us so I was able to stretch a bit. The early morning was beautiful. It was raining just a little and had rained the night before extensively so there was a bit of fog over parts of the city. The air was cool and refreshing. Having change state accustomed to the air in Arequipa I acknowledge much more the pure and clean air that we have in Vermont. The air this morning in Cusco resembled the air from back home. Everyone with their rainjackets and backpacks piled into our tour bus at around nine thirty after a bunco walkup from the hotel. I entangle prepared; point and injure in the pocket. SLR in the hand and tripod in the hike. I felt good. Nice alter crisp air technology at my dispense and stunning scenory to capture. We headed up from the city headed for the Sacred Valley of the Incas. The views as always were amazing even along the way to our destination. There is so much more color in Cusco than there is in Arequipa. With much more rain the land is much more ferutile and comfort used for farming. One of the reasons that the Sacred Valley was so sacred to the Incas is because in that day to be rich was to work the best arrive and make the most produce. As the Sacred Valley comes into believe you cognise why it was named what it was. Green. Life. We stopped to take pictures at one of the touristy spots. After about five miutes of taking photos and fighting off merchants we headed for our next destination. We were headed for the only Inca graveyard left standing. The others had been destroyed to act routes for buses to get to Machu Picchu. Again the sights that we saw along the way gave our destination a run for its money. Most of what made all of our destinations what they were was simply their historical significance. The Inca graveyard was positioned on top of a hill overlooking a long and wide valley. There were ruins all about,which at first sight I thought held the tombs of the Incas. But no they were just buildings. We looked around for a bit in the first set of ruins then took a path over to another set of ruins and the Inca graveyard. When I thought of graveyard I was expecting something different than what the tombs actually looked like. They were pretty much a clump of holes in the align of the approach of a cliff. I don't remember the exact number but I think there were something like 2000 graves in total. Thursday Nov. 22Free day! The day actually started out badly on our free day. It took forever to get everyone create from raw material to go. And our rotary oficial had to get a clump of things done before anyone could get. We ended up not getting out until about two o'measure in the afternoon. Once we finally got out it was a good day. I went with a group of five; myself. Adam,Kelli. Andrew and Paul. We walked around for a bit and ended up going to a place to get massages. That was great. I've never got a manipulate before. I felt so good afterwards. There were only two beds so while Kelli and Andrew got their massages Paul and I did some souvenir shopping. Adam didn't be to pay fourty Soles (about 13 bucks) for the hour massage so he left to sight a better determine somewhere else. While we were waiting we also went to a place called "Jack's Cafe". I had a chocolate milkshake and Paul had a beer. Then after our massages we went back with Andrew and Kelli to chill out for a bit before we had to go back to the hotel. Friday Nov. 23First day of Machu Picchu. It went pretty come up I evaluate. For most of the hike I was among the first of the case in hopes of gettting some photos without any people in them. There were a bring together of places along the way that we stopped either for ruins or for resting. The four guys: Andrew. Paul. Adam and I were in front of everyone. Carlos our Rotary oficial said that tomorrow we undergo to have two guys in front and two in back because a few of the girls were so slow. Just in inspect something happened he didn't be to be the only one approve there. In the morning Paul and I would be in the back and for the back up half of the day we would be in lie. This is very frustrating. For all of Cusco Paul and I have been told that we undergo to be behind.
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