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Trip Start Feb 10, 2006
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Trip End Feb 01, 2007


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Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Man, clean clothes and a hot shower have never felt so good!!! Washing in the icy cold glacial run off did not appeal to either of us so saved soap till we got back to the city. Growing very fond of our little hotel here and the lovely manager who still managed a big smile when we appeared at two in the morning (roadworks mean no buses run during the day).

Caught a couple more colourful parades - lots of swirling and whirling and those wonderful bowler hats! In between the dancers and musicians it seems that a man in a monkey suit is also important....but I´ve not a clue why. Acts a bit like a clown - scares the kids and lies down in the road every so often to cause a stir.

Up above Cusco, as in all towns here it seems, is a huge white statue of Christ with his arms wide open. This one provided us with a free short cut into the ruins of Sacsayhuaman (or Sexy Woman as the guides and tourists like to call it). All that remains of this huge Incan ceremonial centre are the outer walls but, man are they impressive. Rocks weighing up to 130 tons have been sculpted and fitted together with barely room for a hair between them. When the towers stood towering overhead it must have been a mind blowing site but then came the Spanish and...as usual almost everything was raised to the ground. Kept us with our mouths open for a couple of hours though...I mean, how did they ever build with rocks that size????
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