Unplanned Activity

29Mar10

I was walking to the bus station, that are located next to the stadium here in Cusco. My plan was to go to Pisac for the sunday market and the ruins there.

I saw a lot of polices around the stadium and someone tried to sell me a ticket. So, I got curious, what is going on? I walked over to the stadiums entrance to ask? It’s football, Cusco – Arequipa are playing today.

It’s kind of a derby, it still not really close, but Arequipa is the next big city from Cusco.

I talked a bit with the men who was checking the ticket’s at the entrance. They wanted to convince me to go to the game, so I could go in to see the stadium. It looked good and, I actually wanted to go to a football game in south america, so I decided to watch the game. There was still awhile until the game was starting, so first lunch. I walked out, talked a bit moor to the men at the entrance. Where do I by the ticket?

I could go for a lunch and, then come back, but it wasn’t necessary to by a ticket…

So I went for lunch, then returned and walk in to the stadium. I saw other that tried to come in without a ticket and two persons trying to go in with one ticket. But they was turned down and had to by ticket’s…

I’t wasn’t a lot of money that I saved, to me the important thing was: For once, I didn’t have to pay extra for something because I’m a gringo/tourist.

More tourists arrived later. But at that point, I was the only one that was a gringo, making a it a different experience.

The game ended 1-1. There was a self-score by Cusco, many missed chances and a red card for one Arequipa player. It should have ended with a better result for Cusco, who deserved to win.

There was some fights in and outside of the arena close to the end of the game. But it started to rain just when the game was finished. I think it helped cooling down some emotions… making the fights smaller.

I had a good time at the game, talking to the locals and seeing the game with them.

A good change of planes… and Pisac is still there…