Hotel Colonial Palace Cusco

... with all the Inca gold they had melted: It has been used to decorate one impressive gothic altar after the other. However, most impressive was the huge altar made of solid silver from the mines near Cusco. Another great thing was how the local artists always had ensured to incorporate Inca symbols in the Christian imagery as a symbol of a silent revolt. The last site on our sightseeing trip took us via Calle Loretto to the Koricancha Complex, where a huge Dominican monastery and ...

... be told, it was one of the most flavorful meats I've ever had and Rachel had a bite and concurred. These type of experiences never cease to amaze me.

Back at the hostel, I was still feeling awful from the beer/scotch combo from lunch earlier almost like a vicious hangover. Maybe it was the Incan gods punishing me for violating the first rule of alcohol consumption in their land - liquor before beer nothing to fear and beer before liquor never been sicker. Words to live by.

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... explaining what we would do now. I would have to pay for the extra expenses, but travel insurance should cover them. i really hope so. That brings me up to today, whereŽive spent a total of 5 or so hours at internet places working on these things!! Did a bit a shopping and got a peru jacket and inca cola tshirt. The lady didnt like my prices i offered so i walked out and she ran half a block after me to say ok.
i ate only mcdonalds today thinking it would be a ...

Another early morning on my Peruvian adventure, I guess waking up at 4am is to be the theme of my trek, however I did get an excellent nights sleep, the altitude only attacked my bladder once during the night.

I peeked out of the tent to find it was still pitch black and with the stars still visible in the sky, the only sounds I could hear were donkeys calling in the distance, this makes a nice change to the sound of cars and airplanes that I normally hear back home.

Corimarca, Cusco, Peru jamjam

... a fresh stream running through our camp.

After a hard first day Jimmy tells us we will have an easier day today. We pack up and head off by 8am and make our descent down through the cloud forest. We stop at intervals for Jimmy to tell us about the land or pacha mama (mother earth) and to take in the amazing views. It was during this walk that we decided we needed a team name....ENCA was formed (can you see what we did there....INCA is the trail, but we our ...

... 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!!!

... are tiny! The sidewalks are between 6 and 18 inches wide. If you happen to meet someone on the sidewalk, you have to stop and wait until there are no cars (the center of the street is just big enough for one car) so that one of you can step into the street to pass the other person. San Blas and the Plaza de Armas are very touristy, and apparantly it is a bad year for tourists, and weŽre not even in the height of the season! But lovely all the same. The Plaza de ...

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