Having successfully booked our Amazon tour and trip to Macchu Picchu, we had a spare day to cruise round town and see a few sights.
Cuscos steep streets
Cusco has a beautiful center, with colonial Spanish churches alongside Inca walls and cobbled strees. There are several neat plazas, but all have the pox of a zillion tourist agencies complete with annoying touts. "Massage Amigo?" "Restaurant Friend? you want a drink, nice restaurant?"
Church in Plaza de Armas
We managed to escape from the city center to visit Sacsayhuaman archeological site. The site was 3 terraces of walls that streched for more than 100m. We bowed to touting and hired a guide for S/.30 (about $15 NZD) who gave us a pretty good tour of the site, showing symbologies, reciting histories and even trying to show us a Quechua healing hand...
Dinner was had at a very odd spot. For S/10 each, We found ourselves in a sit down restaurant, with table service, classical music and a view overlooking the street. The 10 Soles included a soup, starter, main and desert... Especially odd when you can wander down the street to gringo ground zero and pay $20 for a tiny pizza...
Steph dines in style (for $5 NZD)
Sacsayhuaman Archeological Site
See if you can spot the symbol of a Deer made by blocks in the wall...
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