Advantages: Clean and adequate Disadvantages: Forgettable, in a business district, frequent power cuts
were more approachable, relaxed and friendly, reflecting the gregarious nature of this wonderful country.
So would I recommend the PosadadelInca San Isidro? For a traveller heading to San Isidro on business it would be a reasonable choice. For a tourist, I would recommend finding somewhere in Miraflores, where excellent shopping, world class restaurants, sea views and a recreational atmosphere could surround you.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Hotel PosadadelInca San Isidro
Av. Libertadores 490,
Lima
Tel: (51-1) 222-4373
Fax: (51-1) 222-4370
For some reason this hotel is not listed on the group website: http://www.sonesta.com/perulima/
Beware, there is another SonestaPosadadelInca (El Olivar) located a couple of streets away, which is more luxurious and seems to be the member hotel the chain actively push in ...
below us in the valleys, and at one point even watching a thunder-storm from above, which we had to walk down through, made the whole experience even more memorable. The views looking down through the wispy clouds and haze into the valleys and of the Inca agricultural terraces and occasional ruin along the twisting path are spectacular.
One the first day I started getting symptoms of altitude sickness. I was out of breath, and had a terrible headache, but mostly just lacked energy and could hardly lift my camera let alone my body. It could have been exhaustion, or related to the dodgy guinea pig, alcohol and lack of sleep, but heading back down the mountain helped. I was given Coca Cola and high-energy chocolate and almost instantly improved, and the kind guide took my rucksack and my friends shared the burden of my photographic equipment ...
Advantages: Stunning views, sense of achievement Disadvantages: Unbelievably exhausting! Very expensive.
us to the top of the third pass, Phuyupatamarca, and our camp site for the night. I think I have never been so happy to stop and put my feet in a bowl of hot water as that day!
Day four - 11km
Day four started pre-dawn with a scramble to a nearby peak to view the dawn over the snow-capped mountains. From here, we could see down into the Inca's sacredvalley. After a farewell and gift giving to the porters, we set off on our final day, by now dosed up on ibuprofen gel and all hobbling wearing knee supports. The journey that day was through the forest, frequently with a steep drop of hundreds of feet to one side - I would not want to be afraid of heights!
On this final day, the route joins up with the one day trail, which leads past many sets of ruins - including some very well preserved ones at Winay Wayna (a name meaning "Forever ...
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