So when I first arrived in Peru and was taking the bus from Piura to Lima, I was horribly devastated by the landscape in Peru. All sand. I had heard it was desert but I didn´t realize the extent of it and quite frankly, it ain´t that pretty to look at, not like the desert in the Middle East. Also, it makes the garbage everywhere feel that much more abundant. The bus ride from Lima to Cusco though (21 hours) started out similar but once we got into the Andes, it was gorgeous. The bus ride was long and a little brutal but we both slept okay. The altitude in Cusco is 3300m and let me tell you, you notice the difference. The first day I was feeling sick but once we got the hang of it, we were okay. The next day, we were onto Machu Picchu.
