Hola gentes! Shock horror, another blog so soon after the last one, what next, the wheel?! We arrived safe and well in Cusco after a mammoth 34 hour journey from Auckland, which included three flights, one delay and many cheap and cheerful fast food meals to keep us upright and coherent (barely). We were keen to put our Spanish lessons into practice and kicked off at Dunkin Donuts at Santiago airport, where we successfully ordered a cappuccino and a sprite without insulting anyone or starting an international incident (gracias profesor Nico!). Anyway sufficient to say that with our confidence building we are loving speaking Spanish to anyone who will listen as we will detail later when Ricardo tortured a poor old security guy at Machu Picchu. Upon arrival in Cusco (and immediately feeling the 8000 feet
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