Today is my second day in Cusco, Peru. I was so drained from my almost 40 hours of actual transit that I slept most of the day. The guy at Keros Hostel where I am staying came to get me around 1 PM and told me that checkout was at 10 AM. Oops. #TravelProblems
So, I am staying at Keros Hostel where the water is hot and the prices too high. The place is nice enough in itself, but for $30 per night, I would expect 24/7 refreshments o algo. I mean, come on. Por lo menos, un te o galletas. But, I shouldn't complain. It's very clean and only a 5 minute or so walk to the Plaza de Armas, or the City Centre (depending on how out of breath you get from this 3,000 + feet altitude).
This altitude sickness is no joke. Shortness of breath, definitely weakness of all extremities, constantly feeling like you are going to pass out. Not to mention everything in Cusco is up or down a giant hill. Yeah. So, good luck with that, my fellow backpackers.
I heard that some fancy hotels offer in-room oxygen treatments. Once money starts flowing, I may look into that because it sounds as close to heaven as I could reasonably get while hanging out in Cusco.
La ciudad es bueno. La gente son amables. I am enjoying my time here even if it is not exactly how I envisioned it to be. A Native woman with a baby and a baby lamb accosted me in the street today asking for money to be permitted to take a photograph with her super cute baby lamb. I passed. Good thing I have a pretty decent command of the Spanish language. Another hombre chased me around en las calles for awhile screaming, "PAIS?" and I just ignored him until he left. Otro hombre was following me asking me to buy something or other, but then I told him quite firmly en espanol, "Porque no molesta a ESE HOMBRE y no yo?" He promptly ceded his annoyances.
Keros Hostel is convenient but I wouldn't sing it's praises. Too expensive. Too cold. Not bad though if you're desperate and on the less broke side of things. Neither of which I am, which is why I will be relocating hostels manana cuando llega el dinero! (The bank man is the worst.)
Off to find some Christmas eats (or basically anything that my altitude sickness will permit me to stomach)...
Feliz Navidad a todos!
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