1st day in Cusco

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Highlights of our first day in Cusco:




• 12hour sleep in warm comfy beds
• Hot shower
• Not suffering from altitude sickness!
• Buying al paca jumpers- barter barter!! We got ours for 35sol each, that's around £11-12-see Photos
• 20sol 1hour massage, that's like £6, they were excellent! So thorough and covered the whole body

Top Tips:

• baby al paca is much more expensive and can only be bought in shops not markets, so don't be fooled
• Pure al paca is abit more expensive than the mixed al paca and other material, not sure how true this is
• Don't be conned by the women dressed in Peruvian outfits and llamas, when you take a photo with them of course it's common courtesy to pay them but not more than 2sol each, we gave them 10 and they wanted 10 each, luckily a Peruvian lady from Trujilo saved us!
• There's lots of vege restaurants around the Mariott Hotel behind the plaza
• It's chilly at night, bring winter clothes

Off to lake Titicaca tonight, it's near/in Puno, and we are taking an over night bus, staying with an indigenous family, we'll be back on Monday to fill you in! Im getting nervous about the cold, so I've layered up and I'm taking my new Peruvian scarf as well as the jumper Ciao for now! Saadia

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Photos

Peruvian
Don't be conned

Ashni Bartering
Scarf for 25sol at the Peruvian Markets

Comments

[D MJ Binkley]

Peru
A lovely country, culture, and fantastic photos.