Change of Plans

After my second night in Cusco, I became disillusioned with the hucksters and the shady characters and overpriced tourist stores, and I felt that I had to leave. I had my laundry done, and took a taxi over the hill and down into the valley to Pisac. I walked about 1km along the Rio Urubamba to a secluded and beautiful bed and breakfast named Paz y Luz (Peace and Light). The rooms are nice, but the location is stunning, nestled between steep hills with Incan agricultural terraces lining the mountains hundreds of feet above the valley.

I met a man at the bed and breakfast who knows some of the people I know from the Bay Area (small world!), and he has invited me to join him on a quick 5 day trip to the Bolivian side of Lake Titicaca and the Island of the Sun, so I am changing my plans and taking a bus with him. On the way back we will visit the ruins of Tiahuanaco in Bolivia, south of the lake. Here's to spontaneity!