Cusco

We stayed in an area of Cusco called San Blas, up on a hill. Apart from the steep climb to go anywhere it was a good choice. The tiny narrow streets are full of restaurants, souvenir shops and lots of old ladies and little girls in traditional dress with traditional llamas.
The are references to the Incas everywhere, Inka Kola, Inka Farmacia, Inka KFC, but also Catholic churches on every corner. Some of the big colonial buildings still have the older Inca stonework at street level. These walls are surprisingly interesting as the incas didn't have mortar so every stone is cut perfectly to fit those around it
Here we also had our first tastes of Pisco Sour (cocktail of the Peruvian pálinka with lemon and egg white) and Alpaca meat, not bad, if a bit chewy.Read more