Day 14 - Cusco

We spent the morning arranging our next few days with the Tourism and Leisure group. We walked to the Plaza de Armas and looked at the Cathedral and Compania from the outside only. They charged $10 per person to go in, which we thought was a bit much. We walked along a row of shops and bought woolly hats for Tabitha and Mia and a few other bits and pieces. We then met Anna and Jonathan and had lunch together.

Back at the hotel, we were still planning the route and hotels. I bought a t-shirt for Joel and sent some postcards. The helicopter arrived back from Machu Picchu with a sick girl, Ellen, on board. Some of us agreed to look after her until her parents arrived back by train, although we didn't know what was wrong with her. We went to a meeting in the hotel which was a shambles. The Peruvian agent has not paid our money to the hotels, so there is doubt over the rest of the Peruvian section. At the end of the meeting, the police came in and arrested the travel agent! Ellen's parents came back and she seemed a little better. We finally had a late dinner in the hotel and went up to do our packing.

Our hotel, the Libertador.

Colin in Peruvian hat.