Cusco airport

Far below us, we could see the city of Cusco. The airport was closed completely for six months, starting March 15th, to slow the spread of Covid-19. Only in late September have flights resumed and there are still only one or two per day.

COVID in Cusco: Week 30

October 10th 2020
Sunday, 4 October, 2020 205 days since Covid arrived in Cusco 30 weeks and I’m still in lockdown with an 8pm curfew? This isn’t like Europe, which is facing new lockdowns with their recent flood of new cases. Peru never lifted all of our lockdowns and curfews, even though in July the “quarantine” ended and for a couple weeks the curfew was 11pm. Here in Cusco, our cases of Covid explode ... read more

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Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more

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