I think as we have been here for 3 weeks now and because besides Machu Picchu there is also so much to do and see here and I also think that the Inka Trail desereves it's own separate blog. From our experience so far, many gringos come to Cusco, do the Inca Trail, look round the city and leave. Cusco and the surrounding area is peppered with Inca sites and pre-Inca sites with some dating from just after Christ. Admittedly I don't think that any compare in mysticism or grandeur to Machu Picchu and the Inca Trail, but they are all absolutely magnificent in their own special ways and I think it's such a shame that so many people don´t really know about them or simply dismiss them. Fortunately many people do visit them. The main
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