Cusco - I took a flight from Lima to Cusco as everyone was telling me the trip by bus was a nightmare. It was a very quick flight, and it wasn't that expensive either.LAN is excessively expensive, so I recommend either www.starperu.com and www.peruvianairlines.pe
I was lucky to be able to spend 5 days in Cusco to rest and adjust to the altitude and visit the city. Then I stayed for another week to work at a Teenage Mother's program (next post coming up).
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| Amazing views from the air plane |
My first week in Cusco I stayed at the brilliant hostal Ecopackers, http://www.ecopackersperu.com/. The day I arrived it was nice and sunny during the afternoon, quite warm even. But then when the evening arrived, in a matter of minutes, the temperature dropped drastically. I was so freezing cold, I felt like my fingers were going to need amputation!! So I went for dinner and asked for a warm drink, they brought me a delicious Mulled red wine...the best I ever had!
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| And warming up at the hostal's living room |
Had an early night and the next day I started visiting around town and prepare the tours to go to Machu Picchu and Sacred Valley.
Cusco City Centre
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| Mercado San Pedro |
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| They decided to leave the pig's head in case it wasn't clear what type of meat it was.... |
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| You don't want to know what's on the left basket... |
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| Picarones...buenisÃmo!! (Gracias Cristina!!) |
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| The national flower |
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| The pic below shows the river which still runs today underneath the road we see above in this pic. |
Beautiful traditional music
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| The Rock of Love |
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| Tres Leches |
The Chocolate Museum = Heaven!
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| Dinner with Javier from Madrid! Great to meet Spanish people AT LAST! |
How they create silver jewellery
Lunch!
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| Quinoa soup with fries |
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| Alpaca Wool atelier, clean, treat, colour, etc. |
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| Basically, that's how you create the red colour - by killing a bug which can be found on the cactus below. It's used to colour the wool, but also the red lipstick, and other make-up...yes, thinking twice now!! |
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| Cui :-\ |
Machu Picchu
Next Destination: still in Cusco, 1 week volunteering with Kyuki-Do Wasi
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