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the scenic way back to Cusco through Chinchero: Photos 21 to 32
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August 12th 2008 by Jono Dahna
On our way back to Cusco we stopped at Chinchero. The town was included on our sacred valley tour but we did not get to go to it because we got off at Ollantaytambo to catch our train to Machu Pichu. We walked through a locals market, which was really interesting. Kate got hassled AGAIN by little kids wanting to sell tacky fake lama beanies with lama patterns on them. She was always attracting people to hassle her for some reason. At one point in Cusco some little kid ended up telling her she was a stupid bitch, when she walked away from his finger puppets. I was really shocked. No one had said anything even close to that abusive to me before. We walked around the Inca ruins outside of town, but they paled in comparison to Machu Pichu, and I think we were all pretty ruined out by that time. The church was pretty interesting though, as there were three different wedding parties coming out, one by one. We had heard that in other small towns the priest only comes once a year, so all weddings, funerals and christenings had to happen on that day. Maybe it was the
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August 13th 2008 - Arthur: Congrats on getting to a hundred
Hey well done guys. That was your hundredth blog. And over 2000 pics as well. And still going.
August 14th 2008 - familytraveling@hotmail.com: Peru
My family and I just got back from Peru too. I noticed that you also went to the Machu Pichu. Aren't the markets interesting? Definetly not what we were used to. Did you guys stay overnight there? We stayed at the Sumaq Hotel. I heard it is the only 4 star hotel in Peru. If you ever go back it worth it stay there. We booked our vacation through www.peru-inc.com. They really know how to cater their clients. No problems at all. Check them out.
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after a big night and a hungry munch out on dehydrated potato flakes cooked in our hostel room at about 3 or 4am.
sculpture in the plaza
San Blaas area, Cusco. I love that these guys are allowed to make their stuff in the middle of a public area. I dont think that would happen at home. OK, so maybe a bit of a barrier set up around the ... [more]
This was actually on our way out of Cusco
Our bus had to wait about 20 minutes while these guys pulled the truck out of the ditch.
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August 13th 2008 - Arthur: Congrats on getting to a hundred
Hey well done guys. That was your hundredth blog. And over 2000 pics as well. And still going.
August 14th 2008 - familytraveling@hotmail.com: Peru
My family and I just got back from Peru too. I noticed that you also went to the Machu Pichu. Aren't the markets interesting? Definetly not what we were used to. Did you guys stay overnight there? We stayed at the Sumaq Hotel. I heard it is the only 4 star hotel in Peru. If you ever go back it worth it stay there. We booked our vacation through www.peru-inc.com. They really know how to cater their clients. No problems at all. Check them out.
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