Eating and Drinking in Cusco Peru
We ate (and drank!) very well in Cusco. There’s no shortage of decent restaurants and bars, especially those catering to tourists. But don’t feel that you have to spend a ton of money; one of my favorite meals was in…
Walking Around Cusco
We didn’t do too much sightseeing in Cusco. First, we only had about a day and a half in the city and second, I pretty much felt like I could not catch my breath the entire time we were there.…
Mercado San Pedro, Cusco Peru
If a town has a market, you know we’ll be there. On the morning of our second day in Cusco we got up fairly early and headed out toward the Mercado San Pedro, Cusco’s central market, where any and all…
The Road from the Sacred Valley to Cusco; Llamas And Stones
The road from the Sacred Valley to Cusco has lots of important sites to see; a cultural center with llamas, Tambomachay, Pukapukara, Q'enqo, and Saqsaywaman.
Ollantaytambo and Pisac
Percy picked us up at 9am in his car, with just him driving his personal car. David sat in front which meant a lot of the discussion was in Spanish, but when it got too detailed for me to follow…
A Day at Machu Picchu
They say that Machu Picchu will take your breath away. It did, just not in the way I anticipated. We arrived, after a 2.5 hour train ride from Urubamba in which we spent the first half alone in a car…
Dining Out in Urubamba Peru
We were at the Tambo del Inka in Urubamba for four nights and while our days were so busy we never really saw the town, we did walk from the hotel each night to find somewhere to eat dinner. Of…
Moray and the Maras Salt Pans
After a couple hours in Chinchero,  it was on to Moray and the Maras Salt Pans. The drive to Moray took about 45 minutes over a dirt road which was questionable for the vehicle we were in. But the views were spectacular. There’s…
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