Subject: Post: The bus really was a luxury one, like aircraft business class with wide leather seats and even WiFi worked, although I had to restart the WiFi box a couple of times as it lost the 3G connection and didn't reconnect without restart. Thanks to Peruvians for using default admin passwords on their routers, IT guys can fix their internet by themself. :PWe arrived to Cusco at five in the morning, and "surprisingly" there was not much anything open in the city to get a cup of coffee. Our hostel check-in would be around midday, so we had to find something to do before that. Starbucks saved us today, it was already open at seven and now we have been molesting their electricity with dozens of devices and drinking considerable amounts of coffee.When we arrived to the bus station a couple of travel agency guys were already approaching us at five in the morning, selling their tours to Machu Picchu. Seems like the prices now in the low season are actually decent, so far we have got it down to 95 dollars for two days trip including accommodation and are still going to check some options. So, Machu Picchu might now be back in the program, as the price is more decent. Normally only the entrance ticket would be around 70 dollars, train ticket 50 dollars for foreigners and so on, but the local agencies get them way cheaper and should be able to go to 80 dollars for the entire trip.Cusco itself looks like a beautiful city. It once was the capital of Peru, and still considered as one of the most beautiful cities of the country. Guess we will be sightseeing the city a bit today, in addition to the nearby Sacred Valley. Latitude: Longitude: Security Code:
The bus really was a luxury one, like aircraft business class with wide leather seats and even WiFi worked, although I had to restart the WiFi box a couple of times as it lost the 3G connection and didn't reconnect without restart. Thanks to Peruvians for using default admin passwords on their routers, IT guys can fix their internet by themself. :P
We arrived to Cusco at five in the morning, and "surprisingly" there was not much anything open in the city to get a cup of coffee. Our hostel check-in would be around midday, so we had to find something to do before that. Starbucks saved us today, it was already open at seven and now we have been molesting their electricity with dozens of devices and drinking considerable amounts of coffee.
When we arrived to the bus station a couple of travel agency guys were already approaching us at five in the morning, selling their tours to Machu Picchu. Seems like the prices now in the low season are actually decent, so far we have got it down to 95 dollars for two days trip including accommodation and are still going to check some options. So, Machu Picchu might now be back in the program, as the price is more decent. Normally only the entrance ticket would be around 70 dollars, train ticket 50 dollars for foreigners and so on, but the local agencies get them way cheaper and should be able to go to 80 dollars for the entire trip.
Cusco itself looks like a beautiful city. It once was the capital of Peru, and still considered as one of the most beautiful cities of the country. Guess we will be sightseeing the city a bit today, in addition to the nearby Sacred Valley.
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