Hola amigos!
Sooo ... of Machu Picchu is behind us. Very impressive and beautiful!
the city of Cusco is the starting point for the Machu Picchu trip. There is the original "Inca Trail" as we run the 4-5 day on the old trail of the Incas ... The trip is fully booked months in advance. So we opt for a casual alternative, the "Inca Jungle Trail . The tour lasts 4 days and begins on kanpp 4000 with the Bike Mount. From here it is called 4-5h downhill, partly on alsphaltierter road, partly on gravel road ... very funny! The Night we spent with our group in the small village of "Santa Maria". The next morning we start early, as we walk through the jungle 8h uphill and down. Again shows our guide (Edgar) us many plants, explains how these have been and are used and explains to us a little about the history of the region. The second night is short again and again on the third day it is called walking. A little Gurch the jungle, a little along a railway line up to Aguas Caliente (hot water). The place is the Touriort par excellence, since it lies at the foot of Machu Picchu and all tours start from here to the summit.
The last night is the shortest, as we start running at 4:30 in the dark ... It is of 1850m in just over an hour up to 2430m, to the entrance of Machu Picchu . Here's doors open at 06:00 and we still want tickets to Wynapicchu (2700) have. The problem is, every day about 4000 people come up here and only allowed on the Wynapicchu 2x 200 (that's the steiele mountain in the background of the temple town on the typical photos) ... because it is said to be fast ;-) But we arrived early and get our tickets. Then we spend half the day wandering around amazed with, take pictures & rumklettern. The location and size of this city, is the middle of a steep hill, very impressive. Especially the temple on the Wynapicchu ... the mountain is 70-80 ° steep ... just as on it Houses can be built is unclear! In the evening we return by train to Cusco.
After a day of recreation, we now want to go to the coast, a little sunbathing, swimming and surfing ... the first stop heist Pisco ... The city was destroyed 2 years ago by an earthquake and there are only around Wood & Papphütten. The taxi driver we recommend a village to drive on, after Paracas, a nice little Touridörfchen directly on the beach. The city, however, is almost extinct here since the season is probably over already. Surfing and swimming is nothing here but we look at the "Galapagos island of arms" to. This is a special group of islands with millions of birds, seals, Pingui and all sorts of other animals.
The next experiment is a few hundred miles north in the direction of Lima and is called "Cerro Azul (Blue Mountain) ... also a nice little beach village, but unfortunately extinct and completely lost in the fog. That's not to surf ... So on to
Lima ... Here then ends Markus travel and after over 2.5 months, we now take our leave. Thanks Mark, it was a great trip with you! For him it's 16 hours by bus to Arequipa, then 5 hours by plane to Santiago, Chile and then home to Germany.
I stay in Lima a few days and make me think about the future plans ... Mexico is, at this moment not as the ideal destination ... So wait and see.
As always, have fun and go well & many greetings to all ... January
