{"id":475,"date":"2012-07-28T06:21:34","date_gmt":"2012-07-28T05:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tristanhoffmann.de\/blog\/?p=475"},"modified":"2012-08-06T00:01:06","modified_gmt":"2012-08-05T23:01:06","slug":"adrenaline-and-city-tour-in-cuzco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tristanhoffmann.de\/?p=475","title":{"rendered":"Adrenaline and city tour in Cuzco"},"content":{"rendered":"

The morning started a bit chaotic with us getting up early and having to wait for the chicas a pretty long time. Additionally it turned out we had to pay the hostel and buy a tourist pass on top of the tour price which should be all-inclusive. Although I’m normally easy going when doing things with Peruvians I regretted not being able to use the time in Cuzco more efficiently by for instance just walking up some hills, enjoying the view and maybe find a Geocache \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

Our city tour was scheduled to start after lunch and some wanted to do bungee-jumping before, so we took a taxi to the Action Valley. It was a really nice place with much sun and in between beautiful mountains. I had not signed up, because I was a bit afraid after seeing people do bungee-jumping from an old bridge into the Ca\u00f1on of Autisha, but here everything looked nice and safe, but it was relatively expensive (120\u20ac for bungee-jump and slingshot) for Peruvian standards. It was a lot of fun to watch the others jump from 120 meters though.<\/p>\n

Afterwards we were running short on time, having a good lunch at the same restaurant as yesterday evening and arriving a bit late for our city tour. Our tour operator wasn’t very happy – it seems that the infamous “hora peruano” doesn’t not exist in Cuzco (which is a good thing I think).<\/p>\n

The tour itself felt a bit strange – riding the bus from point to point, walking around\u00a0 a few meters and getting back into the bus. I don’t remember ever doing a tour like this, but what we saw and the guide explained was really interesting. It’s really incredible what the ancient cultures created.<\/p>\n

In the evening we went to a club right at the main square (don’t remember the name) until 3 a.m. It was very crowded with both Peruvians and international travelers and we enjoyed it a lot, although we knew we wouldn’t have much time to sleep afterwards.