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We are down now, but hopefully not for the count
... We walked around Cusco yesterday looking at the different stone work - Inca verses the Spanish. The Inca were masters of stone work, the Spanish way more haphazard (like me). Also for the first time for Mich and I we used an ATM machine, who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks.
So I guess I will have to continue with the sickness blog as this morning I woke up broken out all over and the bottom of my ...
Inca gods may still be in Cusco
... of gold. The Emperor orders the gold that covers many parts of these temples to be stripped and send north as part of his ransom. However, it seems the Spanish were not the sporting type, as they accepted the gold filled room and then murdered the Emperor.
Four stone walkways that signify the four corners of the Empire radiate from the fountain. Antisuyo , (north) Collasuyo,(east) Contisyo (south) and Chinchasuyo (west). ...
Sacrée vallée!
... angles. Sur ces memes murs, les "incapaces" (cf Diarios de Motocicleta pour les connaisseurs) ont monté leurs propres édifices, religieux pour la plupart.
La Plaza de Armas, sur laquelle se déversent des ruelles étroites, est trés belle et semble écrasée par la multitude de quartiers accrochés aux flancs des montagnes alentour.
On prend un peu de temps en démarches pour organiser la visite du Macchu Picchu du lundi. Le prix du train est exhorbitant (100 ...
Tattoos, charrangos and more ruins
... our travels. Nicki and ingrid hadn't been to the music workshop on their walking tour so we thought it would be cool to all go again. The man played us some of the instruments he made again and yet again they sounded wonderful, so much so we decided we shouldn't miss out on an opportunity to buy one, after some deliberation we decided on an instrument called a charrango, a 10string guitar which looks a little like a ukelele. It apparently takes the man around a year to make each one. ...
Around Cusco
... Mum came running out again, this time with spare pants & trousers for him and at that Dad was left in charge and we were on route again. Compared to the car safety in our country, young Lorenzo had the lap belt across him and that was it, and given the standard of driving in Peru it was a bit risky. That said, we regularly saw very young babies on mothers laps in the front of cars. We think Lorenzo was a bit intrigued by these strange ...
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- Kitchenette
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