Hotel Amanecer En El Sol Cusco

... sun and pondering the lovely alpaca hats, gloves and poncho´s. Davy has purchased a hat and gloves already - and a Peru football shirt and I have to say they all looked great and made me think I would like them after previously believeing I would never have been interested. It just goes to show you.<br><br>Davy, T-M and I enjoyed a couple of cold beers in the sun (again!) after Soph went for a walk which was preceded by a local lunch ...

... Blick durch die offene Tür zu, bevor sie anhielten, zurück kamen und uns nochmals ausgiebig musterten. Was haben Touristen in dieser abgelegenen Gegend nur zu suchen...?<br><br><br><br>*Meerschweinc hen kann in jedem besseren Restaurant bestellt werden. Wir konnten uns bisher noch nicht durchringen... das kleine Tier wird gebraten und alle Viere ausgestreckt auf dem Teller serviert.

... br> <br><br> Doesn&#8217;t include:<br><br> <ul><br><br> <li><br><br> Breakfast on the first day and lunch on the last day in Aguas Calientes town</li><br><br> <li><br><br> Bus ticket from Machu picchu to Aguas Calientes (optional) one way US$7</li><br><br> <li><br><br> Entrances to the hot springs water in Aguas Calientes 10 soles</li><br><br> <li><br><br> Sleeping bag (goose down) -15ºC-extreme it can be hired from us US$20 for all trek ...

... After we had explored the site, we wandered back to the city through San Blas, an area of Cuzco, and snacked and tried to find a wool shop that we had read about (well, Kay and I wanted the wool, mom and Christine didn't really care) but realized that it too was closed...stupid Sunday. We all ate alpaca for dinner. Not only are they cute but they're delicious too!!! Yum!!!<br>

... is also full of overzealous police - Toni got told off for having her feet up on the bench. On Sunday, the main plaza was filled with marching bands, and military parades, and kids in costumes, and all apparantly because it was Sunday! Sundays are much more interesting here. <br> If you go past the main plaza just a little, though, suddenly it´s no longer touristy. Instead, the streets are lined with vegetable stalls, shoe stores, cake stores, and cheap chicken ...

... Click on the pictues of the food below to get the on screen narrative! <br><br>I got a little too trigger happy and took way too many pics of the Andes... I´ll post them soon.<br><br>Wish me luck, I´m on a 2 day hike starting at 4AM tomorrow! <br><br><br>

... happens.<br> <br> The next morning Julio and Jaime arrive at our hotel and the story becomes vague. All they say is that someone else took the woman and her son to Cusco and that everything is fine. We never hear any more details. It would have been a lot easier to just give the woman 10 soles. <br><br>http://www.margieswebgallery.co m/galleries/peru/Huilloc/<br><br>http:/ /www.margieswebgallery.com/galleries/pe ru/Pumamarca/

... stopped at a wool factory/shop. Outside was another woman with some llamas and alpacas. Edgar explained the differences in the wool provided by the animals and we were able to see and feel the differences on the animals. Then it was time to shop. Our "short" stop there was somewhat extended, but we did make some purchases so I guess everyone was happy with the possible exception of Edgar and the driver who were already running late, but they never gave any indication of being in a hurry ...