Saturday, January 20, 2007
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Copacabana Virgin's churche
This church was built in a Moorish style and hosts the Copacabana Virgin
A tradition, every day, is the blessing of automobiles, in front of the churche
Copacabana - Bolivia
Sacsayhuamán ruins - near Cuzco
When the Incas built Cuzco they projected it with the shape of a Puma, and Sacsayhuamán was the head.
This zig zag stone blocks where the teeth
This zig zag stone blocks where the teeth
More about Cuzco...
The cathedral in Cuzco made by the spaniards
View over the "Plaza de Armas"
Typical street in Cuzco very inclinated
One of many buildings with wonderful terraces
The Cuzco's flag... many people think that is the gay's flag, very similar indeed
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Machu Picchu pictures must wait ;(
I'm again in Cuzco but tonight I'll get the night bus to Copacabana, a town in Bolivia in the Titicaca Lake. I will sleep there one night and then I'll go to the Island of the Sun, the birthplace of the sun in Inca mithology, also a very magical place!
As I wrote you before the Machu Picchu experience was for me very special... everything there is magic and unforgettable... unfortunately the memory card I used to take the Machu Picchu pictures (and all the others) must be damaged so now my camera can't read it and I can't get the 150 pictures I had taken from Machu Picchu... but my wonderful hiking fellows will send me some of the pictures they took and later I will put them here. I just can wait that in Lisbon I will be able to recover all my pictures. At least I brought other memory card so I can still take pictures and put some of them here.
As I wrote you before the Machu Picchu experience was for me very special... everything there is magic and unforgettable... unfortunately the memory card I used to take the Machu Picchu pictures (and all the others) must be damaged so now my camera can't read it and I can't get the 150 pictures I had taken from Machu Picchu... but my wonderful hiking fellows will send me some of the pictures they took and later I will put them here. I just can wait that in Lisbon I will be able to recover all my pictures. At least I brought other memory card so I can still take pictures and put some of them here.
Monday, January 15, 2007
Machu Pichu
I'm in Aguas Calientes, the closest town to Machu Pichu. Today I walked 6 hours to get in Machu Pichu, but I didn't visit it, I will do it tomorrow. I just had a view of the lost city... I must say that it's something special... and it's possible to feel something strong. It's really something unforgettable.
I took wonderful pictures, I will put some here when I'll come back to Cuzco (I didn't bring the cable to Machu Pichu). I'm sure you will understand what I'm saying when you will see the pictures.
My trekking fellows are a north-american-indonesian coupple. They are very nice.
Tomorrow I must get up at 5 am to see the sunrise up, in the lost city.
I took wonderful pictures, I will put some here when I'll come back to Cuzco (I didn't bring the cable to Machu Pichu). I'm sure you will understand what I'm saying when you will see the pictures.
My trekking fellows are a north-american-indonesian coupple. They are very nice.
Tomorrow I must get up at 5 am to see the sunrise up, in the lost city.
Sunday, January 14, 2007
No words can describe this...
I think the pictures speak for themselves... Cuzco is wonderful and it's possible to feel a special energy in the air. All the town turns around the Plaza de Armas, with the Cathedral and some other colonial churches. The colonial city was built using the older Inca's buildings, so it's possible to see diferents stones, from different times.
Today I visited the Sacred Valley, with many Inca's ruins. The landscape is smashing as you can see in the pictures.
Tomorrow I'll go trekking to Machu Pichu in a 7 hours walking. I will sleep in Aguas Calientes, near the Lost City.
Today I visited the Sacred Valley, with many Inca's ruins. The landscape is smashing as you can see in the pictures.
Tomorrow I'll go trekking to Machu Pichu in a 7 hours walking. I will sleep in Aguas Calientes, near the Lost City.
Friday, January 12, 2007
The end of Part I
That's it... today it was my last day at school. It was very emotive... the children wrote me a good bye letter (I will read them tonight in the bus) and at the end, while I was going to the van, they were saying "no te vayas, no te vayas..." (don't go) around me. Some children when they said good bye to me started crying... and they didn't stop asking me "Por que te vás?" (why do you leave?). I had no answer to that question. One mother came to me and told me "Mi hijo le va a extrañar mucho" (My son will miss you a lot).
After all, I feel that this was the most rewarding thing I've ever done in all my life.
Now Part II of my trip begins. Since now I will not be able to write so oftenly here, but I will try to do it and to put here some pictures from the wonderful places I will visit.
I will go tonight at 20:00 to Cuzco by bus. On monday I will start the Inca Trail and I will arrive to Machu Pichu on tuesday. That's my plan for the next few days.
After all, I feel that this was the most rewarding thing I've ever done in all my life.
Now Part II of my trip begins. Since now I will not be able to write so oftenly here, but I will try to do it and to put here some pictures from the wonderful places I will visit.
I will go tonight at 20:00 to Cuzco by bus. On monday I will start the Inca Trail and I will arrive to Machu Pichu on tuesday. That's my plan for the next few days.
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
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