| Tuesday, April 25, 2006 |
| Cuzco...SUCKS. |
So after 13 hours on a bus across the Antiplano I arrived from La Paz to Cuzco, the main tourist artery of the whole continent. And I have to say that I HATE THIS CITY. I'm surrounded by tourists everywhere I go, and every building seems to house either a trendy restaurant, café, internet cafe, souvinere shop, or nightclub. You can't walk anywhere without being hasseled to buy something or go somewhere, and I'm freaking sick of it. And there are so many idiot tourists too, it bugs me. Last night I went out to an "Irish Pub" with my buddies (I had nothing else to do) WHY WOULD YOU COME TO FREAKING SOUTH AMERICA TO GO TO A GOD DAMNED IRISH PUB!?!? ARE YOU RETARDED!?!? STAY IN EUROPE, COCKS!!! It really bugs me...there are so many people here that just come here to party, who make no effort to learn spanish, who only go to tourist places and talk to other tourists, and take some nice guided tours and take some pretty pictures. Idiots. It's just so culturally insensitive, and totally defeats the purpose of coming to South America.
That said, I've met a lot of really cool travelers on the road, and hope that I will continue to meet more. I hunch the people that I'll meet in the next few places that I'm going will not likely be "typical" tourists, so I'm a little optimistic about that. I'm keeping with my old travel plans, untilately up to Guyamariné, and then who knows where. I leave tomorrow morning to Juliaca (on train! my first train ever!!!)
Any a note to everybody: I AM NOT FLUENT IN SPANISH YET!!! You cannot learn a language in 3 months, unless you are a brilliant linguist. Sorry, this city makes me temperamental, I'll be so happy to get out of here...
I do the Inca Trail to Macchu Picchu on July 8th, and it should be the last thing I do here in South America. Should be cool! I'm paying way too much for it, but it's in huuuge demand, and the government only allows 500 people on the Inca Trail at a time...July 8th was actually the earliest I could make a reservation! Crazy!!! That's one more thing I hate about Cuzco, you feel like a sheep. You have to buy a "tourist ticket" to be able to visit all of the "tourist sites" around the city, and you're expected to just kind of walk around with your camera and sun hat and take pretty pictures of the nice things that they want you to. Bah humbug.
Anyways, just thought that I'd give you all a quick update on where I'm at. The next time I'll have internet is probably passing through La Paz or maybe all the way in Trinidad, so I'll talk to you whenever!!! Wish me luck. |
posted by Ben @ 5:18 PM  |
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Hey Benvolio,
It's been a long time since we chatted or since I posted on your site. So here it goes. I'm done my first year of university!!!!! I'm jealous of you but I'm loving the spring here in Canada. You sound like you've been super busy as can be expected. It's a good thing you went to make that reservation now, heh? You wouldn't want to miss a chance to hike to Matchu Pitchu.I'm happy that you havn't been in too many cities like Cuzco and that you get to leave pretty fast!
I'm going to be going to Quebec for five weeks on May 6th. It'll be a complete immersion thing. I'm actually really excited to be going across the country. After that I want to work at a summer camp in Winfield. I miss you and wish that I could be travelling too.
LEV3L love,
Danielle
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I promise to never take you to an Irish Pub, unless of course we happen to be in Ireland! You seem to be spending a lot of time in pubs...something else for me to worry about eh!! Love Mom
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If you make it out east it is hard to avoid an Irish pub - the city was built on Irish pubs!!!
Enjoy Love Gloriann
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Hey Benvolio,
It's been a long time since we chatted or since I posted on your site. So here it goes. I'm done my first year of university!!!!! I'm jealous of you but I'm loving the spring here in Canada. You sound like you've been super busy as can be expected. It's a good thing you went to make that reservation now, heh? You wouldn't want to miss a chance to hike to Matchu Pitchu.I'm happy that you havn't been in too many cities like Cuzco and that you get to leave pretty fast!
I'm going to be going to Quebec for five weeks on May 6th. It'll be a complete immersion thing. I'm actually really excited to be going across the country. After that I want to work at a summer camp in Winfield. I miss you and wish that I could be travelling too.
LEV3L love,
Danielle