Cusco: structures ancient and artificial - estructuras antiguas y artificial

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Cusco and the nearby area had many examples of settlements built on mountain tops (see first photo). The Incas were very adept at shaping stones so that walls would stand and resist movement even without mortar between the stones. They managed this even with very large stones (see photo 2). The person in the photograph was someone I employed to stand next to large structures to give a sence of scale.
I did briefly contemplate buying a llama (see photo 3) as a companion for my dog but when the colourfully dressed saleslady told me about the transportation costs, and that one of her llama-speaking relative would have to accompany it as a translator I demurred. I suspected that this was an attempt at immigration into Britain by a little known loophole and that once in Britain the 'relative' would immediately head for the Pennines, or some other suitable high altitude location.
Cusco seemed to have a thriving cosmetic surgery industry and is well-known for its augmented beauties (see photo 4). However, the downside of this was a thriving and blatant trade in human organs and body parts, with some shops showing extreme specialism (see photo 5).

[Cusco y la zona cercana tenido muchos ejemplos de asentamientos construidos en cimas de las montañas (ver primera foto). Los incas eran muy hábiles para dar forma a piedras para que se paredes de pie y resistir el movimiento, incluso sin mortero entre las piedras. Lograron esto incluso con muy grande piedras (ver foto 2). La persona en la foto era alguien a quien yo empleados para estar al lado de grandes estructuras para dar un sence de escala.
Hice una breve contemplar la compra de una llama (ver foto 3) como un compañero para mi perro, pero cuando la vendedora colorido vestido me habló de los costos de transporte, y que uno de sus llama-parlante relativos tendría que acompañar como traductor me puso reparos. Yo sospechaba que se trataba de un intento de la inmigración en Gran Bretaña por una laguna poco conocida y que una vez en Gran Bretaña, el 'relativo' inmediatamente se dirigiría a los Apeninos, o algún otro lugar de adecuado gran altura.
Cusco parecía tener una próspera industria de cirugía estética y es bien conocida por sus bellezas aumentada (ver foto 4). Sin embargo, la desventaja de esto fue un próspero comercio y flagrante de órganos y partes del cuerpo, con algunas tiendas que muestran especialización extrema (ver foto 5).]

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Comments

[Chris Daniel]

Cusco
Great blog. Nice photo of a mountain top Inca village that isn't Macchu Picchu (or doesn't look like it). Very friendly looking llamas that don't look as though they are about to spit at you. When Obama was first elected president someone said he looked forward to the day when the USA would get into an argument with Peru over the import of its native animals, just so he could see the newspaper headline 'Obama-llama ding dong'.