The Highs and Lows of Cucso

So on Thursday I and another house member went for a walk up to one of the hills behind the house. It was a fair walk and still quite hard given the altitude. I think that at the top we were either higher than or very close to being higher than the highest mountain in NZ!. Once we got to the top there was  a great view of Cusco (see profile pic), it was good to put things into perspective and see how the city is put together. It helped me to understand why I get woken every morning by what I now know are planes given that the airport is so close!!

So that was the up, now for the down... I came down with some form of sickness. It was not pleasant at all. I'm told its an 'initiation' to Cusco. However I can think of many more enjoyable initiations. Thankfully it passed relatively quickly, someone else had something for 4 days!! So by last night I was 95% which was good as we had our international party at the language school. Which was a bit of fun.

Today I went out to Pisac market which was about 45 mins outside the city. It was nice to get out into the country and get a taste of the more local/real Peru. Well at least away from the heavy pollution! 

So now I head into another week, a more settled week. At this stage I only have night project. But I will sign up for a tandem language exchange, where I meet up with a Peruvain who's learning English and we help each other learn the opposite language.  

Have a great week