Let me be the first to say that 4 AM flights are not the biznis. But as previously mentioned Peru was heavily logistics-oriented so we needed to be in Cusco before 7 AM in order to make the last train departure to Aguascalientes. Luckily, our cogitative mastery gave us just enough of a time window to arrive timely for our 4 hour voyage. Alas, a 2 hour flight followed by a 4 hour train ride later we arrived in the lively city of Aguascalientes. This was the only leg of our trip that we had not arranged travel for, as we were told it would be easy to do upon our arrival. There were plenty of hotels but we settled on price over luxury. It was mid day so we decided to have lunch. Sans a referral we were stuck with pure luck and it didn’t find us with our choice. The food was subpar but the guys got to try guinea pig, which we had been told was a delicacy in Peru.
Fortunately I have a soul so I didn’t dare try it, but the consensus was that with its’ gamey taste it was nothing to run and tell home about. No worries, the beer and free pisco sours made up for it! Lunch was followed by market shopping (my favorite!) and compiling bruises from stray children crashing their bikes into us. The rest of the evening was filled with subtle events with us drinking more beer, playing cards, watching Batman dubbed in Spanish, eating pizza, and calling it an early night. We wanted to be sure we were well rested for our adventures in the morning!
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