Peru's second city

Trip Start Jul 12, 2012

Trip End Jun 21, 2013

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Flag of Peru Cusco, Peru
Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Cusco is very pretty and very touristy, but good fun if you can ignore the touts offering everything from massage and shoeshine to photos with lambs and Raybans that cost 1 sol. Highlights for me here have included:

* Jack's aussie cafe for flat whites and big breakfasts
* climbing one of the hills that overlooks the city to see Sacsaywaman ruins (pronounced "sexy woman")
* eating ceviche at the fascinating San Pedro market
* going to see the Cusquen version of The Last Supper at the cathedral, in which Christ and his mates feast on guinea pig. There's also a shrine to the Patron Saint of Single Women, where women leave notes with the name of the guy they fancy and their own name and number. I wonder if it works?
* a night out with Irish friends at Paddy's Irish Pub, which claims to be the highest Irish pub in the world.

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Gigantic Christ statue overlooking the city	Me and a pretty view	A local musician and a pretty view	Horse-riding near Sacsaywaman
Potatoes drying in the sun to preserve them	Sacsaywaman ruins	Sacsaywaman stonework	Cusco Cathedral