After all of our little unexpected stop-offs we finally arrived at Peru's main attraction, Cusco, where many people trek the Inca trail up to Machu Picchu. Unfortunately the Inca trail was closed whilst we were there- they close it for the month of February so that they can clean it. Still we had the most manic of weeks as we realised that we had less time than we originally thought due to all the little adventures we had been on and therefore we crammed everything into one week. Cusco is a very small town but such a great, traditional place, especially in comparison to Lima. The one problem with the town is that its altitude is 3,300 m (10,800 feet) making it difficult to breath at times. Many people in our hostel felt very ill and
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