Cusco....well we finally made it after a long and painful 14 hour bus ride. The road was just round and round and up and up and a very uncomfortable bus. Cusco is a really nice little town with a lovely main square where you are offered anything from a wooden pot, finger puppets, paintings, shoe shine and lots of other stuff. We have been here for 4 days the first 2 we struggled with the altitude as it is 3400m so we just wondered round drinking Coca tea which is what they recommend for altitude sickness. We have stayed in a really nice little hostel. Today we went Horseriding around Cusco and got absolutely soaked and it wasn´t that exciting. Oh well we are only here to acclimatize and get ready for the Inca Trail which
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