Today we arrived in Cuzco and a man from our hostel [El Mirador del Inca] picked us up at the bus stop and helped us with our bags. We ended up staying in a room that was $25/night. And we had our own bathroom. Hooray! We had reserved the room for 5 nights. It was really spacious, had two beds, had been renovated so that the bathroom was ( Read more... )

On Friday night we celebrated with Ruthy [Marcelo's sister] at this really nice place in Miraflores. When I say nice, I mean she paid 300 soles [or was it $200? I can't remember now. I remember thinking it was a lot of money!] upfront to both reserve the space and to pay for a couple rounds of drinks. They're a very popular place. So popular ( Read more... )