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Next up we had about five days in Cusco (about 3800 metres above sea level) to have a look around and to help us prepare for the high altitude of the Inca trek. Cusco was the centre of the Inca Empire and is therefore a major tourist attraction on the way to the Inca trail. It is surrounded by Inca ruins, five of which we visited: Saqsaywamán (which sounds suspiciously like ´Sexy Woman´), Q´enqo, Puka Pukara, Tambomachay and Pisac. Pisac was the most impressive - It´s the ruins of a city, situated up the top of a large hill, with terrace farming and stone walls, to stop erosion, all the way up the slope.
Cusco also has lots of museums, art galleries with traditional and contemporary artwork, and tourist markets. We made such to stock up on woollen goods for the Inca trail. The town is dominated by tourists and as such, we had hundreds of locals following us around and offering us everything from ´free information´to ´massaje, massaje´(massages). Evans got her own back by harrassing everyone who tried to sell her something - I think she offered her hat to every second person, but apparently her going rate of
Cusco main square
Not sure why the gay flag is at half mast.. Tucky suggested that maybe Elton John died?? Actually, that´s the flag of Cusco8000 Peruvian soles (about AU$4000) was a little steep. Our favourite people in Cusco, however, were the women who were selling mother´s day gifts. They followed us round saying, ´your mother, your mother, your mother, your mother.´
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