PERU

It was a memorable group trip with Avventure nel Mondo, a spartan agency that frequents small hotels and restaurants, traveling by public transport with the spirit of fully immersing itself in the country. We arrived in Lima and there was an immediate injury because while walking in the central street some of the girls in the group were robbed after cutting their bags and none of the group noticed anything. The capital was not interesting so we took the train to Cuzco, the old Inca capital where you can breathe the air of ancient times. The city impressed me with its beautiful square, the porticoes with the restaurant women where I went to eat excellent soups. Or the little restaurants where, in addition to eating well, you could listen to excellent live music since Peruvians are among the best musicians and we know all their groups that go around playing in European squares using that flute and those little guitars that give unique sounds . Then the cyclopean walls, perfectly set one on top of the other as if they had been cut with knives and which have resisted many earthquakes. We went to visit various places linked to the Incas such as Ollatanambo, a fortress with walls of gigantic, incredibly fitting stones, and Pisac with the terraces used to grow potatoes, barley and corn. Then we took the train to Aguacalientes, the base of the famous Machu Pichu. It was an epic journey, packed like sardines among sacks of citrus fruits and indigenous chickens but we performed singing Italian songs and the Peruvians were encouraged to sing theirs. Once we reached our destination we took a hot bath in the outdoor tubs next to the tracks and early in the morning we began the climb of Machu Pichu with the help of a local guide and so we reached the top before the hordes of tourists arrived by bus through the hairpin bend road. It was an exciting visit, even disgusting for me because a llama spat his greenish liquid on me, irritated by my photos. Once we reached our destination we took a hot bath in the outdoor tubs next to the tracks and early in the morning we began the climb of Machu Pichu with the help of a local guide and so we reached the top before the hordes of tourists arrived by bus through the hairpin bend road. It was an exciting visit, even disgusting for me because a llama spat his greenish liquid on me, irritated by my photos. We went down with the dinghies into the Urubamba rapids and upon arrival we were all excited and wet but the minibus didn't come to pick us up immediately, so we played flag to run and warm up until the arrival of our rescuers who to make amends offered us various bottles of tequila. In succession we took the bus to Puno and visited the vast Lake Titicaca at around 3800 meters above sea level. We took the boats until we reached the floating islands of the Uros which are made of totora, the cane that grows in the lake. After visiting the lake we took the bus to neighboring Chile.