Cusco: What to Know Before You Visit Cuzco, Peru

[@mollywithak1697]

Peru is at the top of my bucket list right now, along with Mexico and the Republic of Georgia

[@rickeyfydrych4841]

I got sick the first night in Cusco. We landed an went to hotel, had some coca tea an then went on city tour. We knew that we should have just chilled for the day, but we figured that it was mostly driving so we be ok, plus it was only 4 hrs. About half way through the tour I started getting headache. When we made it back to hotel it felt like I was short of breath. After 6 hrs of that I went to clinic. I didn't believe in altitude sickness but it is serious. So take it from me an chill when you land

[@minecraftminer59mineboymin38]

thsi guy living the dream just traveling all time

[@dogcowrph]

Joycelyn should be in more videos.

[@hectikhector8482]

dam that car alarm though

[@ProfessorWolters]

It was actually worse before. But just keeping it real.

[@raisa_cherry35]

😂😂😂😂😂😩

[@TravelGlobalVideos]

Staying hydrated on our trip was key. We definitely felt dehydrated our first day! Great advice!

[@ralphturner3798]

When you heard the car alarm go off, I'm glad you didn't postpone the rest of the taping. It was really fun to try to keep our attention on your comments.

[@ProfessorWolters]

The alarms were off and on all the time, so it was true to the location :)

[@ralphturner3798]

@@ProfessorWolters Thanks

[@mitche11steven]

Thank you so much for your videos! I will be traveling to Peru in a few months and your videos are by far the best!

[@sherryhibbs2804]

Always love to see Jocelyn! That car alarm was unfortunate though. Would have been perfect without that.

[@BrendanExplores]

I saw Harald Baldr' video there a couple weeks back. Awesome place! I hope my travels bring me there one day 👍😊

[@pahanin2480]

Im just happy to see a new upload. For a while I thought he had given up KZbin.

[@jocelynwolters293]

We upload new Vids every Wednesday and Saturday. You gotta hit the notifications bell and you won't miss any. 😉

[@TravelwithTommy]

Wow Cuzco, Peru is absolutely gorgeous my friends. Never been in Peru. Will definitely put this on my bucket list.

[@ProfessorWolters]

it is really worth it

[@cliffhounshell8320]

I was in Cusco twice last year. It was so worth it. Respect the altitude though, it's tough

[@toroniman]

Yeah that altitude. I acclimated after the first day, but I noticed it made it hard to sleep. I guess the combination of your heart beating harder for oxygen and all the coca tea you consume to mitigate the altitude combines to make it a bit tough to sleep at night. Cusco was well worth the physical strain though, I really enjoyed the city.

[@toroniman]

Oh and right about where you guys were sitting to make this video, I kept having these guys wanting to clean my shoes. Be careful of those guys because they'll talk about how cheap it is, but then start adding more and more things and add up each little charge until its not so cheap anymore. Scam.

[@michaelmonn9308]

Great to see you two doing another video together. We love seeing your smiling face Mark but it looks like you having fun doing the video as a team 🙂.

[@Ndstars1]

Yeah but she interrupts a LOT. It's distracting.

[@michaelmonn9308]

@@Ndstars1 I'm married to an Italian so that's normal conversation in my world 😂

[@ProfessorWolters]

i try to live up to her smile

[@Ndstars1]

@@michaelmonn9308 Lol! She's lovely but I do find that mothers of young kids do interrupt a lot in conversation. It's strange.

[@offthebeatenpathadventures1348]

It's fun having both of you in the video. You two have a great dynamic.

[@rch8101]

Im a huge fan of the channel. I had a hard time focussing for this one because of a loud car alarm in the background. Still love the videos. Thank you! :)

[@beantraveling]

You and your wife are actually so cute together haha. Love the videos & info, always helps me out in my travels.

[@rmknicks]

I loved Cusco! The Peruvians are the sweetest. The only problem is the altitude. My problems were loss of appetite (which I should welcome) and I also had sleep apnea, which I've never experienced. It took me about four days to acclimate. The coca didn't really help. I would go back in a minute! Also loved Lima which is at sea level.

[@cliffhounshell8320]

Coca tea is an appetite supressor. I couldn't sleep either. The altitude does that I think, when you can't quite get enough oxygen. Lima was beautiful to - but the traffic there is insane as compared to just crazy like Cusco. Now I was envious, my 8 year old son didn't have any altitude issues lol.

[@qiqiauclair2894]

@@cliffhounshell8320 Lima is such a glum city :// the spaniard capital, i'd say cusco is prettier lol...

[@cliffhounshell8320]

@@qiqiauclair2894 I visited Lima actually before Cusco. Overall I'd agree, though Lima has a couple beautiful districts and some great food. Definitely worth visiting Lima if you have the time, but just for some highlights.

[@garfunkle1980]

I was there last year & was out of breathe just walking from the plaza to my hostel. Found it weird when I was at Machu Picchu & it was lower elevation than Cusco

[@cliffhounshell8320]

I got lost in Cusco and couldn't find my hotel on my first day. Yes definitely out of breath. I walked forever.

[@universeofkorede]

Thanks for the great tips. I love including travel tips in my videos as well so great to see others sharing.

[@ProfessorWolters]

cool

[@Chrisb8s]

It’s too early. I read Costco lol

[@thundre398]

I’m surprised you didn’t mention San Pedro Market. It was really interesting.

[@ProfessorWolters]

so much to see and do there

[@PenguinNinja45]

More Jocelyn in the videos!!

[@GreatCityAttractions]

Cusco looks interesting - another great video.

[@jameslin5623]

This is kinda trippy since it was filmed at least over 3 years ago but Jocelyn looks the same since she doesn’t age

[@jocelynwolters293]

😆😆😆👍🏼

[@magnusbruce4051]

Interesting you talk about the traffic. Unless things have changed in the last ten years, the traffic (particularly in Lima) was very safe. The traffic lights are seemingly just for decoration so when you want to cross, we found after watching the locals, it was best to just walk out into the road and catch the eye of the drivers. Everyone stopped for us and didn't seem bothered by us walking into traffic. I took this habit back with me to the UK and nearly got run over on my way to a new job the day after I came back from Peru! One other thing for Cusco specifically are drug dealers. I was 17 when I went with my parents so we weren't approached, but other European tourists in our hotel that weren't on family holidays said they were often being approached by drug dealers at night, and I know of cases of tourists being approached by dealers asking them to import drugs to their home countries. Drug laws in South America are severe. You don't want to spend the next ten years in a Peruvian prison.

[@kirkjensen7668]

Access to machu picchu is now limited and you must book ahead. We were there two weeks after you and stayed in the sacred valley, Urubamba. It poured buckets of rain the night before. The train to machu picchu shut down mid-day but we got down later. The next day it was closed. Machu Picchu has shut down multiple times in the last decade during the rainy season. Your post about Lima was mostly true but, there are truly only two safe districts. Mira Flores was were we also stayed and another next to it. Out of those districts were our tour went through were not clean with garbage in the streets. Bad Traffic yes. Took full boxes of Pepto and Imodium and I had an issue after day 8 of 11. The market smells are indescribable. We were overcome by it in Puno. Lake Titicaca was great. Inca Cola tastes like cream soda. Guinea pig tastes horrible, alpaca is good.

[@daztron2051]

Great video Mark! How many countries have you visited so far?

[@tov7294]

I miss peru

[@beccajgarcia]

You guys are awesome! Love all the videos.

[@mikecheckpro]

That siren! 😂 thanks for the great content

[@Freedomone153]

Looks like a great place

[@N.D.Veronikasandul]

like57..thanks for great tips Wolters!!!

[@nhgunsandammo1835]

Looks awesome!

[@ProfessorWolters]

it really is

[@christinebingham5154]

Sorry, but I couldn't finish watching because that alarm was so annoying!

[@Ndstars1]

Ugh.. Should have filmed after it ended.

[@ProfessorWolters]

@@Ndstars1 it never stops. those alarms go on and off. apologies. I was just happy i got jocelyn in a video. So we have to take the good nad the bad

[@ProfessorWolters]

its ok. i understand. i was jus thappy to get jocelyn in some of the videos

[@VulcanOnWheels]

0:33 I'm glad you're better now. 8:53 Oh, shoot! He noticed! ;-)

[@laurenr5095]

I brushed my teeth with the water in Peru and was completely fine

[@mtmankowski9114]

How and where did you get cash for daily use and hotel payment?

[@leerandell8114]

when you've travelled to london have you ever encountered the lavender sellers

[@ProfessorWolters]

not that i recall. i am back in london next month so will take a look

[@leerandell8114]

They tend to sell lavender on the millennium bridge and come upto you and if you refuse to buy they apparently curse you I think they and I hate saying this word gypsy’s cos it offends so many people down south

[@georgemartin4963]

The Cusco Kid, he was a friend of me ne.😎

[@carbonfibercrypto2919]

Next time I would find a quiet place and record it over again

[@kamea4023]

Hi, where did you stay? How many days did you stay? How much do we need to pay the locals for taking photos with them? Hw mch was the tour to macchu pichu?

[@jackshepark7229]

Hey do you live in PERÚ? You have a bunch of videos about it

[@raisa_cherry35]

The sound pew!pew! pew!pew! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😩

[@southernoregoncatmom6519]

😁😁😁😁

[@richm5964]

They still got the worlds highest altitude Irish pub there?

You guys always say ¨the people are great¨, lol, is there anyplace the people suck, and would you tell us if they did?

[@RealBradMiller]

Demon Llama! Where?!

[@ProfessorWolters]

hahaha

[@hlynnkeith9334]

I gave up 4 minutes and 49 seconds. Couldn't stand the car alarm.

[@bjansen9891]

Sorry. Bailed at 3:44 due to siren.

[@modallas8034]

You should have stopped during the siren.

[@VL1975]

Where's your wedding ring, Jocelyn? I'd probably hit on you if I didn't see Mark..lol

[@ericadorno326]

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