Polly and Toby's Travels

Toby has just offered a prize to the person who thinks of the best and most witty title….

So we finally managed to leave Copacabana, tres sad, especially considering the deilghts of the twelve hour bus that lay ahead. We knew it was going to be long and to be fair the bus was pretty comfy but i got 10 pages into my book before deciding i actually couldnt continue it was that rubbish so had no book, music we´ve now heard far too many times and a toby tucking into some 800 page fantasy beast book. fun times. Thank god for the packed lunch we had picked up the night before otherwise we would have been starving! as there was literally no food options on the way, plus we had no peru money to buy any with.

We arrived …finally! grrr it was long.. and then we had to get a taxi to the hostel becauase the bus station was in the middle of nowhere… we have barely taken any taxis in south america and the stories and the guide book (r.i.p) make it sound like everyone is a potential scammer/ criminal. So we checked the id of our official taxi and headed off. And by the end i felt meanish, i was all, how much,…. how many minutes, and he was like good evening, check out the plaza and stuff. Oh well, we survived and got to the hostel, which is probably the first one we´ve booked ahead that hasnt left me feeling slightly disappointed in some way… except for the really loud live music right next to our dorm, good times!

Woke up the next day watched a bit of the world cup with our amazing breakfast… dry bread rolls, jam and butter (people just do not understand the concept of breakfast!) and then randomly ran into our friends andy and charlotte who we met in Santiago turns out they had just got back from the inca trail and were staying in the same place. whoop. We immediatey went out for lunch after the delicious breakfast ( it was about 11ish by this point… lil early oops. And we went to this realli nice place they had been to before… like places we would want to go to at home but cant afford… to be fair, couldnt realli afford it here, but it was treat day! (everyday….) was YUM and there was even a queue outside.

Checked out cusco. Very nice, sunny, plazas everywhere, tourist LAND but pretty and colonial. And there was a festival thing on so we got to see some cool costumes and dancing and about 2 fireworks in the evening We also booked our trek to macchu picchu, which leaves tomorrow at 4:30am! ewww. for any geeks that would like to research it, its called to salcantay trek, 5 days 4 nights, 3 of which are camping… no shower!Not entirely sure where it goes, apparently there is lots of uphill mountain walking and then it joins up with the inca trail for the last day to go up to macchu picchu for the sunrise.  Toby is proper psyched! and i am proper psyched to be able to say ive done it when we get back :p little concerned about the fact we have a full day 9-5 of free time at macchu picchu after a three hour guided tour … may be a little too much culture for us to manage perhaps will take the books

Last night we went out with charlotte and andy and there friends from the inca trail, started at an irish pub with happy hour (prices werent THAT happy) and stayed for actually quite a few hours, then moved onto a club with was wayyyy crowded but free drinks and music we had actually heard of. Toby would like to point out that flip flops are a poor choice of club attire, especially when their are people with heels around. Lasted pretty late realli like half 2 whoop! but woah, was not a fan of the headache this morning. I had to leave the hostel in pyjamas and no shoes and last nights make up to buy a big bottle of water from the nearest vendor who totally ripped me off but i was too tired to care.

Then we chilled in the sunny courtyard of the hostel for a tan sesh, before heading out for the football, early… needed to get a good seat obvs.  Went to the irish bar from the night before, got the last free table and ordered a mammoth but expensive lunch. Shepherds pie and burgers It suddenly struck us just before the match started that as we werent actually in england, there may be some american fans. Far too many ( more than 20! for our liking). We had some good banter, some quite vicious but they deserved it. Every single time america got the ball the chants of usa would began. GROAN! one word…. starts with knob…. ends in heads but we survived, and thankfully we didnt lose or we would have had to sneak out under the tables at the end to avoid the harassment. but yeah, lets hope we play better in the next match… which is strategically placed the day after we get back from our trek.

And thats pretty much it… no internet for six days!!! arghhhhhh

Toby says hola xxxx

Tags: Bus, Food, Football, Peru, South America

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