After yet another long bus journey on unmade roads we arrived in Cusco, which is a really lovely City, if a bit crammed full of gringos. It is an odd mix, with colonial buildings sprouting out of Inca foundations, and llamas on street corners with brightly coloured tassels in their ears. After a few days of exploring nearby Inca ruins in the rain (finally our luck with the weather broke..), we started on the Inca Trail. After being a little undecided on whether to book or not (you have to do it with a tour company as part of a group, and it is expensive - hugely so in Peruvian terms), it was a fantastic four days and well worth it. You start off in valleys surrounded by snow covered peaks, and end up in cloud
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