So these past 4 or 5 days we have been hardcore tourists. In order to get the most out of our time and money, we must be hardcore. Dozens of churches, museums, markets, festivals, we must hit them all. Forget pleasure, tranquility, and leisure, we´re on the move baby! I admit it´s a bit tiring and I´m getting burned out. If I were traveling for months at a time, I would go at a much slower pace. On the way back from Aguas Calientes and through the Sacred Valley to Cusco, we saw a festival (for Carnival) on the side of the road. We stopped our taxi to join the festivities in this small town. We were the only tourists there and it was an incrediably pure cultural experience. The first thing I did was to
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