Meeting Old Friends
The second day of Cusco was pretty lazy. We went to hunt down a method to get to Puno on Lake Titicca and spent the day relaxing as it rained most of the afternoon.
In the evening, we were on our way to meet our Couchsurfing friends when we ran into Matias Kampel, an old friend of Gadi´s from junior high. They haven´t seen each other in over eight years! Instead, we went out with him and spent the night catching up and dancing.
Gadi and Matias
The next day, Gadi and I were walking around town when we ran into Matias yet again! We got ourselves lost in the city, walking through the tiny streets of Cusco. We made it all the way to the ruins of Sacsayhuaman (pronounced Sexy Woman) and the White Christ. What a walk!
On the way down we took a colectivo (shared mini van) and the door fell off! At least we didn´t have to pay.
At night we took the night bus to Puno and arrived here first thing in the morning. The town is so lively! There is a parade through the city with music, dancing and brilliant costumes...and this was just a practice parade for the official one in February.
The afternoon was spent on a tour in the ruins of Sillustani. It was beautiful!
Rebecca