Casa de Mama Gloria
Urb. Manzanares, Cusco
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Casa de Mama Gloria Cusco

Urb. Manzanares Cusco, Peru

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... used geometry and astrology to build their temples and housing. Some stones have more than 14 corners, one having a whopping 26!! The walls are constructed of stone that has been carved to fit its neighbour with exact precision, they used a system similar to tongue and grove to make sure the stones would slip off one another. The lines are so perfect you couldn't even get a finger nail in-between the stones.

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... up close experience with Inca terraces and ruins and I have to say, they really are amazing! After touring the ruins we had lunch in town at a restaurant called the Blue Llama. We couldn’t help but notice that the lama painted on the walls of the restaurant looked a lot like the llama from the Emperor’s New Groove.

After lunch we continued on to the town of Ollantaytambo. We were supposed to make ...

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... protection of the Sons of the Sun. Observing the shadow clock from the mountains, they determined which day was long and which was short and when the sun came and went between only two seasons.

We did learn about an Inca Symbol today - the Inca Cross (Chakana) it is the three-stepped cross equivalent symbolic of what is known in other mythologies as the Tree of Life, World Tree and so on. Through a central axis a shaman journeyed in trance to the lower plane ...

Awesome

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... at the washed out road to assess, we all got out of the van to reduce the weight, and he got around the wash out on a rough fix. The actual road was washed out, and dropped for 10 to 20 feet.

We were now headed to the lookout in the deep part of the canyon, and because it was rainy season there was a good chance we would be covered in clouds and wouldn't see anything. We got lucky, as we hiked to the lookout, the clouds ...

The ride from hell

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... of the trip passed in a feverous daze for me. Eventually we got to Cusco where I had the honour of making an urgent dash to one of the worst public toilets I have ever been in. And I had to pay for it! Once again Jess and the girls had to all the hard stuff - collect luggage, find a taxi, check us in etc. Thank god that our hotel, Hostal Amaru is a blissful oasis. I dozed in bed while Jess went out to give the man from Peru Rail a hard time trying to buy the tickets to Machu ...

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