Today we were supposed to fly to the Amazon, unfortunately the weather had other ideas. We boarded a flight from Lima bound for Puerto Maldonado deep in the Peruvian Amazon. We flew through the Andes and began our decent into dark clouds. The captain announced we would be landing in 30 minutes. As the thick clouds obscured our view the turbulence began. This was possibly the worst turbulence I have ever been in, it lasted for about 15 minutes before the sound of the plane engines roared to life and we began to climb. The captain later said a few words in spanish of which i only captured ¨tormentas¨and ¨cuzco¨I assumed this meant that the stormy weather above the jungle had made it too dangerous to land. I was right.
We arrived in Cuzco which is approximately 3400 meters above sea level. Big change considering we came straight from sea level. Cuzco is an interesting city, it is toursity but still retains its unique character. The people of Cuzco are mainly Quechuan (decendants of the Incas).
The plan was to stay in Cuzco for a night and then try again for the jungle the next day. We had Alpaca for lunch and looked around town. Scratcher and I ended up wondering into a local market where they had all sorts of animal parts for sale (check out the pics).
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