http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Raqchi/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Peru , Cusco , Raqchi en-us Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:49:59 BST Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:49:59 BST Fresh off the back of El Misti we arrived in the tiny village of Raqchi for an unexpected homestay. Pauline and I were greeted by our Peruvian family and whisked of through some tiny back streets by Emily the 7 year old little girl of the family. Obviously more at home with running down dark alleys dodging puddles that would consume a small elephant and equally large piles of fresh llama st Emi http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Raqchi/blog-224124.html Hello Again It is now a day after my birthday and the celebration continues tonight back in Cusco.Since we last spoke....or I spoke wrote and you read and maybe responded I have been having an amazing time. Cusco has proven to be the most exciting town that I have visited on my trip thus far. The people are nice the street vendors are as crazy as people come the views are incredible and the http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Raqchi/blog-195701.html We drove from Cusco arriving at dusk. We very quickly did a tour of the ruins Wiraqocha Temple that are there. This is a unique temple because the base of the walls were stone but the upper sections were made of adobessundried mudbricks. We did a home stay in Raqchi that night. A bunch little ladies in traditional dress accepted a couple of us each into their homes. Our host was called Ma http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Raqchi/blog-175548.html