Puno to Cusco - Peru
In April-May 2004 we had our third around-the-world trip. In 54 days we travelled to Auckland, Tahiti, Easter Island,
Santiago, Lima, Arequipa, Colca Canyon, Sillustani, Lake Titicaca, Puno, Cusco, Sacsayhuman, Tambomachay, Machu Picchu, Aguas Calientes,
Sacred Valley, Ollantaytambo, Posada Amazonas, Ica, Nazca, Paracas, Ballestas Islands, Buenos Aires, Iguazu Falls, Itaipu Dam,
Rio de Janeiro, London, St. Petersburg and Singapore.
Our Lima travel agent, Ileana, who put together the whole 3 weeks in Peru, did a brilliant job.
She put us up in excellent hotels, all transfers and tours were on time,
and we had great guides on the tours in the places that we visited.
For the Puno-to-Cusco trip she put us on a First Class bus that had an English speaking tour guide
and a porter who dispensed free drinks on board.
The coach stopped off at various tourist sites along the way.
At La Raya Pass between Puno and Cusco.
Chimboya Glacier (5500 metres)
The Incan ruins at Raqch'i
These ruins were part of the temple of Viracocha.
It was one of the holiest shrines of the Incan empire.
The Inca site at Raqch'i was a primary control point on a road system that originated in Cusco and expanded as the Inka empire grew.
The most prominent structure is the Temple of Wiracocha, an enormous rectangular two-story roofed structure
that measured 92 metres by 25.5 metres.
Prior to its destruction by the Spaniards, the temple had what is believed to be the largest single gable roof in the Incan Empire.
Circular stone granneries.
Located at a number of strategic sites, they enabled the Incan army to be highly mobile.
In April-May 2004 we had our third around-the-world trip. In 54 days we travelled to Auckland, Tahiti, Easter Island,
Santiago, Lima, Arequipa, Colca Canyon, Sillustani, Lake Titicaca, Puno, Cusco, Sacsayhuman, Tambomachay, Machu Picchu, Aguas Calientes,
Sacred Valley, Ollantaytambo, Posada Amazonas, Ica, Nazca, Paracas, Ballestas Islands, Buenos Aires, Iguazu Falls, Itaipu Dam,
Rio de Janeiro, London, St. Petersburg and Singapore.
Our Lima travel agent, Ileana, who put together the whole 3 weeks in Peru, did a brilliant job.
She put us up in excellent hotels, all transfers and tours were on time,
and we had great guides on the tours in the places that we visited.
For the Puno-to-Cusco trip she put us on a First Class bus that had an English speaking tour guide
and a porter who dispensed free drinks on board.
The coach stopped off at various tourist sites along the way.
At La Raya Pass between Puno and Cusco.
Chimboya Glacier (5500 metres)
The Incan ruins at Raqch'i
These ruins were part of the temple of Viracocha.
It was one of the holiest shrines of the Incan empire.
The Inca site at Raqch'i was a primary control point on a road system that originated in Cusco and expanded as the Inka empire grew.
The most prominent structure is the Temple of Wiracocha, an enormous rectangular two-story roofed structure
that measured 92 metres by 25.5 metres.
Prior to its destruction by the Spaniards, the temple had what is believed to be the largest single gable roof in the Incan Empire.
Circular stone granneries.
Located at a number of strategic sites, they enabled the Incan army to be highly mobile.
