Adnie Travels: So this is why people fly

Today we drove, and drove and drove to Cusco.

When google maps says that the trip was meant to go to 8 hours, I really don't think it accounted for..

- the insane winding roads going up and down massive hills

- giant mutant trucks that go 10kph up these hills

- the poor visibility to allow you to pass said trucks

- the speed bumps that aren't marked and pop up out of the blue

- the cows, llamas, chickens, goats, horses, dogs and pigs that stand in the middle of the road

- at night time, the lack of lines, barriers, reflectors and even bitchumen on the road

- the near death of trucks overtaking trucks on double lines coming around the corner

So google maps, you add all of that to the equation and it blows the time out to 13.5 hours, 3 of those hours being in complete darkness.

One hour in and this is a sign of things to come

Anyway... We arrive at our hotel at around 10pm, this is after trying to find the hotel car park that was about 5 blocks away meaning we had to haul all our bags up and down the street in high altitude.

I might add which makes it feel like you're breathing in fog, and just a small amount of exertion like hauling bags up 3 flights of stairs, makes you feel like you've run a marathon!

After all that we go for dinner and then calloapse into bed not looking forward to taking the car back to hertz tomorrow.