Intiq Samana Cusco
Meloq Street 422-2 Cusco, Peru
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Cuzco, conquistadores, and crooked police
In the morning Rufino and one of his relatives wanted a lift to Juliaca. We headed up past the northwest corner of the lake and turned away from the lake at Pusi. We could see the familiar dull brown haze of smog above Juliaca long before we saw the buildings. Juliaca is invariably described as a hole and the description is well deserved. The only …
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Cusco and the lead up to the trail!
... sun and moon. When the Spanish invaded, less than 200 of them destroyed an Incan empire of 11 million people (through war and the spreading of disease). They stole all the Incan gold and silver (that covered the temple walls) and other treasures from the temples and sent it back to Spain.
Another interesting discovery was skulls in the Incan museum showing substantial holes that were drilled to relieve cranial pressure following head injuries. Noble children also had their skulls ...
The very very sacred valley......
... were concerned we would be on an unmade road for that long..as we were being shaken all over the place..the light was fading fast now and we were getting further and further into the wilderness in a taxi whose driver could speak no english...!! we love adventures..after about 30 mins of nothingness..we saw lights of a village and were so pleased that after passing through it we returned to the main highway again...
the road twisted and turned and we saw very few ...
Conditioning to Cusco ...
Top 10
It's very difficult to a) only choose 10 top things and you know I like to talk and b) put them in the right order as life out here has been amazing so far and the best thing I ever did. Hopefully this will give you just a little flavour of some of the Cusquena culture ...
Number 1 has to go to the experience I have had at Picaflor House (the school at which I am volunteering for 5 weeks) as ...
Acclimation base camp
... with leaves you with few options. pasta. pasta. pasta.
-Cuzco vs. Cusco: in the States we spell it Cusco. in Peru they spell it Cuzco.
-lambs: local women dress up a baby lamb in traditional Peruvian costume wear, little hats and everything. you can pay a dollar to take a picture with them. as cute as they were, we opted not to.
-Christ Redeemer: Cuzco has their own giant Christ statue that overlooks the city just like ...



