The hotel is in Calle de Garcilaso and is the second hotel named after the street.

We arrived here are being picked up at the airport by Carla, who bought us to the hotel and then took us on a walking tour of the city. It was only short and taken having some tea made with coca leaves which was meant to help overcome the effects of altitude sickness. I was feeling a little light headed and occasionally short of breath, but this soon passed.

The town is pretty (rather very) crappy on the outskirts, but the centre is rather nice, set around a few squares, it has a number of beautiful churches. the buildings are a mix of Incan foundations with Spanish colonial buildings on top. The cathedral, which is normally closed (or only open for a fee) was open for Good Friday mass at no charge. It was massive inside and had rooms down each side filled with statues and alters dedicated to a variety of saints as well as JC and his mum. One of the Christs was black, and the main statue of Mary looked distinctly like a South American Indian.

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Another day, another airport. We are at Puerto Maldonado airport waiting for a flight that might leave sometime between 1100 and 1145. Since it is already 1130 and the plane is not here, I don’t think it will leave on time.
Coming back from the Lodge we were going against the flow of the river and it took 2 hours. We had seen enough river and jungle by then.