Sacsayhuaman, Cusco

Welcome to Cusco! I flew from LAX to MEX to LIM to CUS and I'm finally here!

Took things easy on our first day by hiking up Sacsayhuaman, the northern Cusco citadel. I guess we hiked it backwards because when we got to the end, it looked like the entrance with hoards of people departing from buses. The huge stone walls are pretty well protected and still very much in tact. It's crazy that the stones are arranged so close together that you can't even slip a piece of paper through the lines as there are no cracks! The Incan Empire was no joke.

Our dinner for the night included the famous Peruvian dish Lomo Saltado and fried guinea pig. Is it weird that I actually like the Lomo Saltado from Lonzo's in LA more than in Peru? And guinea pig, it's definitely one of those "for the experience" dishes--nothing to write home about.Read more