Cuzco!

November 13, 2009

Ah, Cuzco. I have to admit it was one of, if not my favorite, places thus far. There is something about Cuzco that really sucks you in. It is almost like entering some type of weird Peruvian time warp. We again stayed at one of the Point hostels, the chain that we really liked. Known to be good and party hostels too. Cuzco was a great place for me to reorganize my backpack, meet new people, try new foods, visit the markets, party, sleep late, be lazy....loved it.

During our stay here, made some really good friends and made some really good memories. Here´s a few of the favorites from my first night in Cuzco..

I will try to report on what we did other than spending a lot of time at the bar and bars in Cuzco! I had some really fun times with some Israelis that I met...going out to eat, going to my first Hookah bar with them, also my first Israeli restaurant (my first Shakshukah!), sitting around talking and playing games, a very romantic 1130pm fast food cheeseburger run....

One of my favorite memories of the trip so far was a bunch of people sitting around singing to one of the guys playing the guitar...

We did the Machu Picchu thing which will be its own entry.. after Machu Picchu we returned back "home" to the Point and Cuzco..

After Machu Picchu, Nadja and I got the train back while Teja and Tom stayed in Aguas Calientes one more night. The train ride was fun!! Im so used to riding a train at home but it had been so long I was actually really excited!! :) Nerdy.

I got a little sick after coming back, spent an entire day in the hostel sleeping, being feverish, and then camped out with my sleeping bag on the couch in the common area with a few other people watching tons of Entourage episodes and later Twilight. :) Sick day, but it passed pretty quickly by the next day. One night had some sushi in Peru at an Israeli restaurant--so random! haha but it was actually really good.

Then of course we spent Halloween in Cuzco--so fun! There wasn´t the best selection of Halloween costumes in Cuzco, so I had to work with what I had. Here´s me, Tom, and Teja on Halloween! Had an awesome time this night out at the bars..

Sadly, the next evening Tom had to leave.

Of course that will be an entry of its own.