Peruvian buses and Paucartambo

Hallo allir,

english a little bit later, first private messages

Agust, leidinlegt ad heyra med tolvuna. skemmtu ter vel

Elin Rut, Knus til baka

Anna somuleidis knus, vona ad Island sjai vel um tig nuna, er ad fara a naesta fjall eftir daga.

Kenneth, Tack for halsningarnar, halsa alla tillbaka fran mig

Sigga, gaman ad heyra i ter lika

Hrabba og Gummi, posturinn her er alltaf ad tyna hlutum svo vinkona min sem fer til hollands a midvikudag mun senda ykkur fra Hollandi 1) myndir 2) ovaentan gladning 3) geisladiska 4) farsimann minn. Einhver leid ad setja sumar myndirnar a netid svo lidid heima geti lika skodad
takk fyrir myndirnar, fekk heimtra (og sofatra)

Mamma og pabbi, bestu kvedjur, haegt ad hringja i mig a morgun (manudag) og hinn

Halli, engin alvarleg sambond, en hitti einn irskan strak, hann er farinn nuna

So finally back to Peruvian buses:
This weekend i went with 8 others Susan, Lotte, Jani, Sandra and Maria all from Holland ( anna h verd ad vera osammala ter med Hollendinga) Yat (english) Devon (usa) and Cesar (peruvian) to a small catholic village 3 hours from Cusco, Paucartambo.
We arrived at the bus station, there were no buses leaving for 4 hours for the festival. ( theyr were supposed to go every 1 hour) Fuck. taxis were 2x the prize but suddenly two hippy guys appeared and offered us to hire a mini bus with them. Off we went in a mini bus older than me along with Cesar2 (peru lovely name......not) Leonardo (colombia) and Allison and Steve from South Africa and one guy from Bolivia. First the bus drove around Cusco for 1 hour, stopping at various places to f.e tie down the luggage on the roof, chat, chat some more and 3 stops for food, HELLO. After Cusco of course they had to stop to charge the battery back ??. Then the driver drove like a maniac for 3 hours up narrow roads and steapy hills, beeping every 10 minuets or so to get people of the road, or just to say YES i know how to hoank a hoarn. Lovely.
Then suddenly he turned around in a small village and drove into a side street, why? because the car wasnt licenced to drive since 2002 and the police was on the road. After 10 min hiding from the cops off we went. we had to pus the car so it would start. 10 min from the village the car broak down. But we were close so it was fine.
In Paucartambu we stayed in a school room, paying 1/2 a dollar each. Then after watching the festivals for about 3 hours off to bed and woke up at 2.00. We went into town, found a bus that seemed fine and off we went to the 3 curces at the beginning of the amazon jungle to see the sunset. Halway after bumping for 2 hours on the worst road i have seen so far, the engine overheated, the bus stoped.
Luckily the rive was close by so the bus people just got water from the river, put it on the engine and after10 min we continued. Then we arrived at 5.15 just in time. Se sat down, dressed in 4 layers of clothes cause it was close to 0 degrees. And then i watched the most beautiful sunset i have seen, first a little bit red, then more red, yellow white blue sky, the light casting amazing shadows on the people, the mountains and the jungle. Finally the sun appeared. This was amazing.
After this we returned to The village, slept 2 hours in the bus. The whole day there were dances, songs and music, the people dressed in costume that represent their area and villages. This is a Catholic festival ( for the virgin Carmen) but it is mixed with all these local costumes and tradition. It was very beautiful. I didnt last long, only until ten o clock ( i am sorry i have been sick for 4 days now....)
The next day we went home, luckily nothing happened to that bus. (except as often is the case heare i am 1 number too big for the buses, cramping my knees)

Ciao to all of you
Stella