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Everyday that we have been in Cuzco there has been some sort of parade and we continually keep joking that everyone here is a professional dancer because they are constantly in the street doing choreographed dancing. One we saw today had young boys dressed at llamas and the girls were herding them. It was the dance of the llamitas. This kind of stuff has been a theme of our time in Cuzco. It is a great place to be if you like culture. From every point in the city you can hear someone playing an instrument beautifully. Jeff and I hung out with Lisa from Australia for most of the day and Lisa encouraged me to buy an alpaca sweater. It is pretty awesome and cost a hefty $8. Everything is so cheap here. We tried ... read more

We got up early and caught a dirt cheap local bus to Pisac to check out the ruins there. We were the only non-Peruvians on the bus. Some would say it was a bit sketchy, but it really wasnt. After about an hour we got to the town and then I talked a taxi drvier into bringing us up to the ruins for cheap. There we hiked for a bit to see them. It was really amazing. The fortress is on a mountain top overlooking three sides of the valley. The views were incredible. We sat up there a while just taking it in. We were two of maybe 6 people at the ruins. When we left however there was a bunch of French people on their way up. then we went back to Pisac and ... read more