Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Cycling in Cusco

We decided to go on a bike trip while in Cusco. It is incredibly hilly in this area, but we found a bijke company that takes you to the top of the mountain and sends you back downhill to Cusco. My kind of biking!

Hard to believe we fit the four of us, the driver and the guide plus five bikes in this car. The guide made the trip in the trunk with one of the bikes.

A group photo before heading off.


We hadn't gone far before we came across our first Inca ruins. The ruins went on forever.



Campbell stopped high above Cusco for a look down on the city.



Although the skies looked threatening all day, we didn't get any rain. That was a blessing given the steepness of some of the downhills. I'm glad we didn't have to worry about wet road.


The scenery along the way was beautiful.

This is part of the trail we took. The kids and the guide were happy to wait below (those 3 little figures at the bottom left), while Dean and I climbed up the hill for a better view.

The soccer stadium is certainly a focal point of Cusco.


Kelly posed with the sign for another group of ruins. The name of the ruins in pronouced "sexy woman" in English.


Dean passes behind and above the monument that we have spent days looking up at from the city.


Given some of the hills in the city, I'm sure glad we were going downhill.


One last break before cruising into the centre of Cusco.



We ended our trip at the Plaza de Armas. It was a great day of biking with lots to see outside of the city.