Friday August 2 – At Sea

We had a talk on Machu Picchu today for the 86 people who are going on this Princess tour on Monday.  We leave the ship and fly to Cusco on a chartered flight.  We then visit Koricancha Temple and Sacsayhuama which is pronounced as Sexy Woman.  We overnight at a hotel in Cusco then go to Machu Picchu the next day.  We then return for a second night at the same five star hotel.  The next day we fly to Lima where we pick up our ship.  We will be at over 13,000 feet, so altitude sickness is a real possibility.  We have been told that the team accompanying us will have oxygen if we need it and that we should drink the cacao tea that will be given to us as this helps with altitude sickness.  This is from the same plant that cannabis comes from but does not have the same affect as if you snort it.

The interesting thing is that at Cusco airport, there is a falconier who uses falcons to chase away the birds when the plane is taking off.  Because of the high altitude, the plane takes a long time to lift and it is important that it does not suck birds into its engine during this time.

We were entertained by a New Zealand comedian tonight.  He was really funny and made us laugh.