15.01 In and about Cusco: Many Cathedrals and an abundance of Police Officers-What gives?
As we tried to flag down a taxi, our eyes focused elsewhere. A climb onto the roof of our apartment gave us this view. Easy on the eye as dusk approaches Cusco. Arrangements changed and we headed to Central Cusco for a late orientation session Thursday rather than Saturday evening. Orientation is a euphemism from our perspective meaning: They point us in the right direction and off we go. We had a good meeting until they pulled a fast one. Why did the thought ‘Peruvians’ fill our minds? The short story is that our finish date was moved from Thursday to Friday night. For obvious reasons, we have to finish the trek before then but the company decided it can only allow a start day of Monday rather than the already booked, Sunday. The solution: We will do the 5-day trek over 4 days with transport provided through a ‘dull’ town rather than walk it, saving two hours. What a deal! They waited until the last possible moment to tell us of something arranged months previously. ...