Friday, 12 September 2014
Today was really a travelling day back to Cusco. We had breakfast at about 7 am and left the lodge at about 8 am, into the sampan like motor boat to Atalaya Port, which is a 1 hour ride upstream and 1/2 hour ride downstream. We were headed upstream. Then into the van for the almost 10 hour ride back to Cusco.
On the way we stopped at an animal rescue shelter, where I saw a scarlet macaw whose wings and tail had been cut off (!!!), a baby howler monkey, a baby woolly monkey, a squirrel monkey, a peccary, a baby tapir, a caiman, and a capybara. I also saw a coca plantation, Peru is fast becoming the No. 1 exporter of coca, at the moment it is Ecuador.
We stopped for lunch in the middle of nowhere, where the cloud forest meets the end of the rain forest, and it was raining heavily and I really had to pee but there were no toilets! In the end this other girl and I went to the side of the road, and did it in a ditch. This is the third time in my life that I had to pee in the open, I don't like it at all!
About 1 1/2 hours away from Cusco, we stopped to change a tyre for the van, and the weather was already cold so I drank hot coca tea and had an egg sandwich, and I felt better after that.
In Cusco, Carlos took me to eat quee or guinea pig and I felt really sad about it but it is a traditional dish here, so I had to try it, right? I mean, I can't say that I went to Peru and didn't try the traditional dish! After that we had some beer and danced in a club till 2 am! This is a part of Peru that I will only get to try either if I was travelling with someone, or if I went with a local, because otherwise I think it can be dangerous for a girl to go out so late at night alone. So I am thankful that I have a local friend to show me the 'real' Cusco, not just the touristy Cusco.
Today was really a travelling day back to Cusco. We had breakfast at about 7 am and left the lodge at about 8 am, into the sampan like motor boat to Atalaya Port, which is a 1 hour ride upstream and 1/2 hour ride downstream. We were headed upstream. Then into the van for the almost 10 hour ride back to Cusco.
On the way we stopped at an animal rescue shelter, where I saw a scarlet macaw whose wings and tail had been cut off (!!!), a baby howler monkey, a baby woolly monkey, a squirrel monkey, a peccary, a baby tapir, a caiman, and a capybara. I also saw a coca plantation, Peru is fast becoming the No. 1 exporter of coca, at the moment it is Ecuador.
We stopped for lunch in the middle of nowhere, where the cloud forest meets the end of the rain forest, and it was raining heavily and I really had to pee but there were no toilets! In the end this other girl and I went to the side of the road, and did it in a ditch. This is the third time in my life that I had to pee in the open, I don't like it at all!
About 1 1/2 hours away from Cusco, we stopped to change a tyre for the van, and the weather was already cold so I drank hot coca tea and had an egg sandwich, and I felt better after that.
In Cusco, Carlos took me to eat quee or guinea pig and I felt really sad about it but it is a traditional dish here, so I had to try it, right? I mean, I can't say that I went to Peru and didn't try the traditional dish! After that we had some beer and danced in a club till 2 am! This is a part of Peru that I will only get to try either if I was travelling with someone, or if I went with a local, because otherwise I think it can be dangerous for a girl to go out so late at night alone. So I am thankful that I have a local friend to show me the 'real' Cusco, not just the touristy Cusco.
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