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| 6 satisfied customers following a hearty feed at Jack's Cafe... |
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| At least the people knew when we were back in Cusco! |
We ummed and ahhed over how much time to spend in Cusco the
second time round, but ended up just having a day – given it was a Sunday the
main tourist attractions were all closed so we settled for a hearty lunch with
the trekking crew at Jack’s Café (big breakfasts pretty much all round!) after
a decent lie in, which would have been much better if it weren’t for the car
alarm going off continuously between 6:30-7:30am!!!
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| Sillar rock - nothing silly about it! |
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| Plaza de Armas, taxis, and El Misti in the background - Arequipa to a T. |
Had a follow up with the doctor in respect of the dog bite,
although a different doc this time round had highly limited English ability
(and no cool phone translating app!). Despite giving Annaliza repeated ‘OKs’, the
amount he was babbling on to the nurse got us nervous again.
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| Quiet in the monastery |
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| The Eiffel tower is better, but a close second perhaps? |
Following an overnighter to Arequipa, some internet research
(thanks Starbucks!) and a chat to Nurse Balfour we concluded that the risk wasn’t
worth it and Annaliza needed to get the post-bite vaccine (it can take up to 6
months to know whether rabies was transmitted and once you have it there is no
going back!). We found an English speaking doctor at a Children’s hospital, of
all places and had the first of 2 required jabs – feeling much better that it
was getting properly sorted.
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| A decent view from the monastery rooftop - lucky nuns! |
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| A trio of meats, and a stupid bib! |
Wasn’t all fun and games though – we found Eiffel’s less
celebrated iron bridge; wandered the city within a city at the Santa Catalina
monastery; enjoyed the Sillar volcanic rock architecture and tambos (ancient
houses rebuilt by the city government following the earthquakes); and supped on
a Machu Picchu aperitif prior to bibbing up and sampling a trio of meats (alpaca,
lamb and beef). Great city.
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| This is a Machu-Picchu aperitif. Tony preferred the ruins! |
Key Learnings:
1. Oltursa are an awesome bus company – half the
price of the travellers favourite Cruz del Sur but same quality with meals,
airport style check-in and service.
2. As far as we could tell, taxi driver is the #1
job in Arequipa. It’s impossible to walk a block without passing double figures!
They don’t need to take the knowledge however, we had to ask 8 before someone
knew how to get us to the Children’s hospital. It was 15 minutes away…
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| Baby Alpaca or maybe Alpaca? |
3. Street vendors in Cusco and Arequipa boast about
selling baby Alpaca products – got the impression that our purchases to vary
the wardrobe (and keep us warm!) were more maybe Alpaca than baby Alpaca…
4. After too many emails to count, 6 failed sales
and a chunk of heart ache, we’ve finally sold the Beaut! If you can avoid it,
don’t try and sell a car when you’re not in the country…
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