Hostal Rumi Punko Cusco

Choquechaca 339 Cusco, Peru

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First Impressions

A travel blog entry by anayj

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Wow! My first impression of Peru was "I love this place!"The colorful musicians welcomed us by playing delightful Peruvian music. Although I had read about coca leaves cultural weave in Inca society, I was still surprised to see them offered in public under disguise for 'altitude sickness'. But are they supposed to be tinged with brown? more later.

The home of the Incas

A travel blog entry by tomandfoy

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We arrived in Cusco, in the Andes, on Monday. It was quite cold and took us a day or two to get used to being at even higher altitude than Arequipa. The city is mostly Spanish colonial in style but there are lots of buildings which incorporate old inca stonework into their walls. This is a very distinctive style of masonry where big blocks of stone …

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The Sacred Valley and Macchu Picchu

A travel blog entry by renee.scarth

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... The incas built terrace walls up into the hillsides, and farmed on these terraces that allowed them to live sustainably in such remote areas. Mostly they grew potatoes, but also crops such as corn and quinoa were known to exist. Another major stop for us was the town of Ollantaytambo, a small village near the start of the inca trail, which also has a beautiful inca ruin built into its hillside overlooking the town. It was here that ...

Im Lovin Peru!

A travel blog entry by lindsey-canada

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... takes 6.5 hours to take a reg bus from Puno to Cusco so this turned out to be well worth it for a little more money, we stopped at 5 different places saw ruins, museum, the Andean Sistine Chapel (which was beautiful full of painted walls pictures and gold- which also seemed a little extreme when you see the poverty around and a church that has gold everywhere in it) we stopped for great views and had an ...

Sacred Valley, the fortress of the Inca

A travel blog entry by netgull

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... my immediate surroundings just to myself, without seeing a person larger than a few centimeters, which is quite a special feeling!

In the afternoon I wander around the cobbled streets of Ollantaytambo. In the peak winter months they will be full of tourists, but now I share them mostly with the locals. That is, middle-aged women, kids and dogs! I love the tranquillity and ...

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