All the houses in this little village had miniture pigs on their roofs next to crosses...not sure what it meant or what they were for. Only thing I could see relevance to was there was heaps of pigs wandering around the town
GUM TREES & INKA RUINS.... July 10th 2007 After getting back to Cusco in one piece from my Machu Picchu mission and finding myself a job at a hostel I managed to have a rather large week getting to know all the night spots in town. I then decided that if I was to stay here for a month with the aim of not spending money I needed to make sure that I had things to do during the day which then gave me an excuse not to go out at night. Along ... read more
South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco 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
After 10 years back in Australia after my last adventure overseas it was time to pack the bag again and get on a jet plane out of the country. My main destination is to be South America, after many years of dreaming of travelling there it is now a reality.... full info