PERU TRIP CUCZO – TOURISM DAY

My husband participated to a promotion of a firm that distributes fuel, there were 7 big wins with the 7 new wonders of the world, obviously the winner would receive a journey in one of those places and could bring one more person along, provided with all starting with: transportation, food, tickets to the tourist attractions, car with driver, personal guide , English speaking, culminating with…spending money (50 euro for person per day).

An impressive palette of coulours and one single peruvian flower

Arrived on the Cuzco airport we were welcomed by people in festive outfits and not only this…we were welcomed also by aboriginals who started to sing and dance for us, offered us different souvenirs, CD’s, pencils, cocaine leaves… We politely refuse, telling them that we don’t want to buy anything…thinking that it is the same purchase style like in Egypt: when they insist to buy from them…No way, they were celebrating Tourism Day!

At the shadow of the old cactus

And so we drank our first cocaine tea in the airport, when we understood that all was for free and it will do us good when fighting the altitude sickness. We received this all this information from our personal guide, Juan Carlos, who was expecting us with a driver and a car at the airport.

In the courtyard of the hotel

The guide disembarked us in Cuzco at a 4 star hotel ( Casa Andina Private Collection) where we received an apartment as our residence. Everything was at its best!!!

In marching steps for Tourism Day

In the evening we went out to see the city and being Tourism Day, everything was very organized: the parade of different hotels and restaurants personnel, pageants, the fanfare, folk dancers, all inclusive. The truth is that despite poverty or maybe because of it, Peruvians give great attention especially to foreign tourists (except the custom- house officers…you will see why I say this… I mean write) because they know that this is where their currency comes from…not how it works in other countries (I wonder which country is really about?). It is certain that we watched the show and after that we went to sleep…we were like zombies,  time difference: 8 hours. Next day we went to Sacred Valley… but I will write about this some other time.