Libertador Palacio Del Inka

... whisked off the ship for 2 airplane flights & a bus ride to Cusco, the capitol of Peru. We´ve been staying at the Libertador Palacio Del Inka, a 5 star hotel. The only bad thing is the altitude. Cusco is about 12,000 ft. above sea level & I thought this ...

We had spent the previous two days touring the Sacred Valley and then Machu Picchu, so it was Cuzco's turn. Our hotel was directly across the street from Qoricancha, which is the Temple of the Sun. We started at Qoricancha which was beautiful but so ...

Today I learned that even in the rural Peru areas, they still have speed bumps (and lots of them) and even a set of traffic lights in, of all places, Pisaq which is really small and completely rural. But, hey, how are the Llama's going to cross the road ...