The mystery of Urcos

Just before travelling back to Lima, I finally got the opportunity to go to Urcos, which supposedely holds the secret of the Alchemists, in relationship with the Great Cross of Hendaye. I went there with my friend tito, planning to stay just for the morning (my bus to Lima was leaving at 6 pm from Cusco). Once we arrived there we asked for directions to a girl that just got out of the same bus, she proposed to show us the lake and help us unravel the mysteries of Urcos,she took us to a house that her parents just bought. We discovered the house togethers, put our stuff there and went ligthly to Urcos lake, so magic. We rented canoes and swam with much joy.

Then we headed to the church and asked for the cross, the church was unaccessible because of works but we finally manage to have someone let us in and get closer to the cross.



I couldn't define what happened but it was too magic a moment of spontaneous friendship and shared magic moments of truth, that I decided to miss my bus and we spend the afternoon and the night in Urcos, listening to music, cooking delicious food with woodfire (an improvised chocolate fondue in the night, delicious), doing creative painting in the bathroom. The next day I headed back to Cusco with Tito, didn't manage to get my lost ticket refunded and jumped in the first Bus to Lima I found, as my flight was leaving on the next day's evening, and the trip Cusco - Lima takes 24 hours. I ended up in the worst company (from what the local said), with a seat next to the toilets, but the whole ride was fine and Urcos still holds many mysteries for my next visit !