Still in Cusco

We´re still here in Cusco. Last night Shawn started feeling sick, so we went to the hostel, and it turned out that some food we had eaten recently had gotten to him. I guess I´m lucky, because we have eaten at the same restaurant for every meal..anyways, he had a restless night, and this morning we decided to get a doctor over to our hostel. He was great, very professional, and he told us exactly what to do. I made some trips out to get liquids and medicine at the pharmacy, and it seems that Shawn has stabilized. We are going to stay an extra day in Cusco, just to make sure he is totally fine; it´s looking like we will be able to buy our bus tickets today. In any case, no worries, he´s fine, so am I, and we´re probably going to head out for a light breakfast soon.

Report back soon,

Ron


P.S. The Salkantay trail was great, we did three days of trail trekking, first gaining in altitude (4600 metres) then dropping from the alpine down into the jungle. During the last two days, we stayed in a small town where we played some futbol (soccer) games with some Peruvians and got absolutely obliterated, even though we had 3 Brazilians, and then headed to Aguas Calientes, the good looking, expensive gateway to Machu Pïcchu. The meals were great and huge every day and night, and of course, Machu Picchu was excellent, it is such a cool looking city in the clouds. Shawn and I climbed the mountain overlooking the ruins (Huaynapicchu) in 25 minutes, where it said it took an hour. Frankly, Machu Picchu would have looked better without all the tourists, but then I guess complaining about them makes me a hypocrite...anyways, once again, goodbye.