Cusco... All This Happened. More or Less.
All moments, past, present and future, always have existed, always will exist. Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse Five Plaza de Armas, Cusco I decided early in the planning of my summer trip to go to Cusco and Machu Picchu, simply because I was going to spend a huge chunk of time in Perú and not because I desired the experience. This is the point in my trip where I began struggling with the constant pick-up-and-go itinerary, and the disconnectedness of travelers with eyes affixed to their laptops, iPads, and smart phones. While I was in Arequipa, I was "shopping around" to different tour agencies to find the best deal on an all-day tour to Machu Picchu because my itinerary was very tight, and I needed to be in Santa Cruz, Bolivia by a specific date, to fly to Paraguay. After arranging and paying for a tour in advance for which I thought I was getting a great deal, I found out shortly thereafter that all tours were booked. This meant that I needed to scramble the minute...