We accompanied our friends to their start on the Inca Trail and returned to Cuzco to do our own sightseeing and spending part of a day on city tour. The Incas considered guinea pig, cuy, a delicacy and no trip to Cuzco could be considered complete without trying it.
6 AM. Group prepares for Inca Trail |
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Porters carry 55 pounds and run |
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Dog does not go |
There they go... |
Here we stay |
Plaza mayor |
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Preparing for New Years Eve |
Plaza mayor cathedral |
The rival Jesuit church |
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Parade of the Circumcision |
Tipón, an Incan farm |
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Tipón irrigation |
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Noemí, our great tour arranger and Cuzco adviso |
Noemí found my lost little dictionary. I am forever grateful. Muchas Gracias Noemí. |
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Our hotel had modern wiring. |
Start of City Tour of Sunrise Expeditions |
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Ruins at Sacsayhuaman, also known as Sexy Woman. |
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Enterprising photographer snapped this at beginning of tour and sold it to me at end. |
Market area |
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Police suggested that we leave before getting mugged |
One just MUST eat cuy, guinea pig. Note the head. |
