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Published: April 14th 2008
Plaza de Armas, Cusco
I was really there - picture to prove.Day 11 - The next chapter. Lesmahagow to the Sacred Valley.
It was an early start this morning, as we headed off to Cusco. The weather was wet in the mountains and as a result no flights were allowed in or out, so we had a bit of a delay at Lima airport. On arrival at Cusco - with our first views of the Andes - someone poetically commented on how the mountains reminded her of the slag hills back home, but with greenery! New one for the guidebooks, methinks. After an hour or so lying down to get used to the altitude, it was onto the bus for our guided tour of the town and the Inca sites around Cusco. It was fantastic. However, I think the altitude was affecting me slightly, as everything was so funny, and I just wanted to laugh all the time. The guinea pig on a platter in one of the sacred paintings in the Cathedral just about tipped me over the edge!! Walked all the way up to the ruins at Tambomachay and laughed all the way there and back, which is a bit of a disdvantage when you are nearly 3000 mts
Tambomachay
Not the clearest, but full of colour and just like the guidebooks. above sea level and trying to get as much air into your lungs as possible. Great to see that even in Peru, tour groups are treated to the same treats as back home. Last stop of the day was an Alpaca Woollen Mill - so we could see the panoramic view of the city from their balcony, of course. It was a great day. The altitude is affecting a few, but everyone is a trouper and coca tea really does help!Dinner was in a pizzeria off the Plaza de Armas - upstairs in a windowless room with a poster of the Cusco Plaza de Armas on the wall, for us to comtemplate and "wish we were there". Who says the real thing is always better? Oh, the wonderful ironies of life. Fantastic!! I am beginning to see the wonders of a completely different Peru - the tourist Peru. And there are some wonders here.
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