The sacred valley consists of many villages and inca ruins. I decided to go to Pisaq since a few people recommended me to go there and see the ruins. When I was about to start the hike to the top, I got stopped and told that I have to pay around 100 soles to enter. This will give me access to several of the inca ruins around the sacred valley. Since I´ve already been on the inca trail and seen plenty, I didn´t want to pay that much. I returned back to the village disappointed. I walked around the marked, went to some small shops and a nice and cozy cafe where I got a great lemon and ginger tea! Every one of the locals that I talked to told me to go to the ruin before 8am in the morning, then nobody would be there to check my ticket.
I decided to return to Cusco and chill out with some of my new friends. I drank a beer with Rob and got introduced to Mietta, Naomi and Daniella. I thought I was going to bed early, but since it was quiz night and they were great company, I stayed up for way to many beers. I woke up at 5:00am the following morning after not enough sleep. I walked across town to catch a collectivo to Pisaq, arrived at 6:30 and begun hiking!
It was beautiful, quiet and hard. I was a bit tired and didn´t eat any breakfast. Fortunately I brought a huge avocado and some bread. When I had hiked long enough to have a good view over Pisaq, I decided to stop and eat my breakfast. The hike was surprisingly amazing! Filled with beautiful and big inca ruins, terraces and great views! Best of all, I only saw 4 other tourists up there on all of the hike for around 4 hours.
I returned to Cusco in the evening for another night of drinking games and hanging out in the hostel bar.
The following day I caught a bus to Copacabana with Rob, Naomi, Mietta, Cecilie and Daniella. Copacabana is the place to eat trout! For just 20 bolivianos (3$) you get to sit by the beach and eat a full delicious trout with rice and fries. Later that night we cooked food and drank wine. Cecilie had to go back to Cusco while the 5 of us continued to the northern part of Isla del Sol.
Isla del Sol is filled with tourists, but still it doesn´t feel that touristic. The village was nice and quiet, filled with all kinds of animals walking around and with the most amazing views of snowy mountains and the incredible lake Titicaca! We spent the first day just hanging out, walking around and playing "super mega ninja destruction" that Naomi taught us - great game! :)
Next morning we decided to do a small hike to the inca temple and a picnic. After breakfast we bought some food and panrelleno (something like a big empanada). First we crossed a small field with sheeps, beautiful lambs and donkeys. Then we walked across the mountain hill, not very steep and with great view of the rest of the hills. The view over the lake looked like a moviescene. I imagined it being like "The Truman Show". The clouds looked like someone just painted them and it looked like you would bump into a wall if you went to far on the lake. Just as Truman does in the movie.
Just before reaching the temple, we decided to have our picnic. We threw out two blankets, got out some crackers, bananas and panrelleno and enjoyed the view. Two small local girls came to us. The one of them very insisting pointing at our panrelleno. We gave them some crackers instead. Even after getting the crackers, she kept pointing to our bananas and panrelleno which was quite rude. After a while, she found out that she was not gonna get any more and then she left. The other girl "Pamela" was really sweet. She asked us many questions and she ended up doing a drawing of the five of us that she gave to us. Afterwards we taught her how to play super mega ninja destruction and she loved it :)
We then went to see the ruin of the inca temple. Quite nice, but not overwhelming after being in Cusco. Definetely nice though and still a great view. We walked down to the lake and sat on a small bridge with our feet in the cold water - Rob even went for a swim! We chilled out for a few hours on top of the ruin, enjoying the amazing view and kind of waiting for the sun to go down. But around six we were to hungry and it got colder, so we went back down and found a place to eat dinner. Turned out to be a great idea. When we entered the restaurant it started storming and raining a lot! After dinner we decided just to chill out at the restaurant, drink tea and coffee and play cards.
The next day we were headed for La Paz, but not without getting one last trout by the beach first!
I decided to return to Cusco and chill out with some of my new friends. I drank a beer with Rob and got introduced to Mietta, Naomi and Daniella. I thought I was going to bed early, but since it was quiz night and they were great company, I stayed up for way to many beers. I woke up at 5:00am the following morning after not enough sleep. I walked across town to catch a collectivo to Pisaq, arrived at 6:30 and begun hiking!
It was beautiful, quiet and hard. I was a bit tired and didn´t eat any breakfast. Fortunately I brought a huge avocado and some bread. When I had hiked long enough to have a good view over Pisaq, I decided to stop and eat my breakfast. The hike was surprisingly amazing! Filled with beautiful and big inca ruins, terraces and great views! Best of all, I only saw 4 other tourists up there on all of the hike for around 4 hours.
I returned to Cusco in the evening for another night of drinking games and hanging out in the hostel bar.
The following day I caught a bus to Copacabana with Rob, Naomi, Mietta, Cecilie and Daniella. Copacabana is the place to eat trout! For just 20 bolivianos (3$) you get to sit by the beach and eat a full delicious trout with rice and fries. Later that night we cooked food and drank wine. Cecilie had to go back to Cusco while the 5 of us continued to the northern part of Isla del Sol.
Isla del Sol is filled with tourists, but still it doesn´t feel that touristic. The village was nice and quiet, filled with all kinds of animals walking around and with the most amazing views of snowy mountains and the incredible lake Titicaca! We spent the first day just hanging out, walking around and playing "super mega ninja destruction" that Naomi taught us - great game! :)
Next morning we decided to do a small hike to the inca temple and a picnic. After breakfast we bought some food and panrelleno (something like a big empanada). First we crossed a small field with sheeps, beautiful lambs and donkeys. Then we walked across the mountain hill, not very steep and with great view of the rest of the hills. The view over the lake looked like a moviescene. I imagined it being like "The Truman Show". The clouds looked like someone just painted them and it looked like you would bump into a wall if you went to far on the lake. Just as Truman does in the movie.
Just before reaching the temple, we decided to have our picnic. We threw out two blankets, got out some crackers, bananas and panrelleno and enjoyed the view. Two small local girls came to us. The one of them very insisting pointing at our panrelleno. We gave them some crackers instead. Even after getting the crackers, she kept pointing to our bananas and panrelleno which was quite rude. After a while, she found out that she was not gonna get any more and then she left. The other girl "Pamela" was really sweet. She asked us many questions and she ended up doing a drawing of the five of us that she gave to us. Afterwards we taught her how to play super mega ninja destruction and she loved it :)
We then went to see the ruin of the inca temple. Quite nice, but not overwhelming after being in Cusco. Definetely nice though and still a great view. We walked down to the lake and sat on a small bridge with our feet in the cold water - Rob even went for a swim! We chilled out for a few hours on top of the ruin, enjoying the amazing view and kind of waiting for the sun to go down. But around six we were to hungry and it got colder, so we went back down and found a place to eat dinner. Turned out to be a great idea. When we entered the restaurant it started storming and raining a lot! After dinner we decided just to chill out at the restaurant, drink tea and coffee and play cards.
The next day we were headed for La Paz, but not without getting one last trout by the beach first!
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