Stressing out, but finally make our way to Cuzco!

There were some people in our hostel who had done the Cuzco-Arequipa route, some make it through fine, others had broken windows. But they informed us that they had to walk through the protest, and sometimes fend for yourself on the other side to find your way to Cuzco. After much confusion about if the buses were actually running or not, and searching and debating our other options… we finally came up with a round-about (safe) plan to make our way back to Cuzco.
When looking at a map, we saw that maybe we could take a bus from Arequipa-Nazca and then from Nazca-Cuzco. Also, since we already had tickets with Cruz del Sur and that they were completely legit and thrust worthy, we went to ask them if that would be possible. Ans yes, it completely was!
Arequipa-Nazca= 9 hours
Nazca-Cuzco=14 hours
Total of 23 hours
Compared to the original 10 hours that we were planning on this seemed a little ridiculous, but I guess we had to do what we had to do to get there safely. Also because they were going to apply our other tickets to these, we were sold!
We got tickets that left tonight @ 7:30pm and arrive in Nazca at 4:00am. Then leave at 11:30pm on Friday and arrive 14 hours later.
VIP seats for 9hours, regular for 14… I guess not too bad.
So we happily set out to Zig Zag to get some Good-Bye crepes and stopped by the grocery store to stock up on some snacks for the road.

When we arrived back at the bus station to catch our bus, we were completely surprised at how nice the terminal was. They metal detected us, hada lounge with leather seats and a snack bar and before you got on the bus, they videotaped everyone’s face. We had VIP seats which were among the 9 seats on the 1st floor. The seats were leather and went basically all the way flat. It was a little claustrophobic at times, but very comfortable!