Weekends

Hey, who's for an upbeat, light-hearted post?  

So, I blogged about my first weekend, when we went to Sacsayhuaman.

People in the house go on weekend trips all the time. They go to Lake Titicaca, Machu Picchu, Arequipa, various villages in the Sacred Valley, random ruins near the city, etc. The list is long, but I'll tell you about where all I've been. 

My second weekend here, Holly, Katie, Audrey and I (the same group as my first weekend adventure) went to Pisaq. Pisaq is a town in the Sacred Valley, about an hour from here. We took the bus which was horribly interesting. Audrey was vomiting on by a small motion sick peruvian child. On, Sundays in Pisaq, there is a huge market set up for the tourists that sells all the same touristy stuff that is sold in Cusco plus maybe a little more for about the same price as stuff in Cusco, or maybe a little more. We perused the market for a while and then had lunch at a cute little restaurant. After lunch we went to climb up to the ruins. It was absolutely gorgeous. Check out my pictures at http://picasaweb.google.com/elliemae27 ! We were climbing in the heat of the day and Holly and Katie are in better shape than me and soon left me behind. The climb was really hard and I thought I was going to die. Actually, funny story, the patrol guy thought so too! I was really really tired and so when I found a match of shade, I sat down for a minute. Well, a minute turned into several and I fell asleep. I was woken up by a near frantic Peruvian patrol man, who was sure something horrible had happened to me. Possibly his worse nightmare - finding a dead american teenager. Poor guy. Anyway, I survived the hike, but decided I have seen enough mountain top ruins for this trip.

There are a lot of parties here. Birthday Parties, Graduation Parties, Last Night in Cusco Parties, First Night in Cusco Parties, Haven't Been to a Party in a While Parties... the list goes on... anyway... parties can be fun, in moderation. There is always a party you can go to on the weekends. Or during the week, actually.

I've gone to several museums in town. They're interesting. There's an unfortunate amount of broken pottery on display, but a sizable collection of mummies and skulls makes up for it, in my opinion.

I've also been to Ollantaytambo. Its very similar to Pisaq. Forgot my camera though, so no pictures. Sorry.