Cusco, Peru

Cusco, Peru
13th, 14th, 18th, 19th June (2 nights before and 2 nights after the trek)

Finally into a country that has enough money to sustain a McDonalds. Just over €3 for a large Big Mac meal.. that's the job! We stayed in a really chilled hostel with a great courtyard area with a table tennis table and a load of giant leather bean bags which actually burnt you after they had heated up a bit. 8 of us who were on the trek checked back into here when we were finished and had a great night out to celebrate us being new friends and having done a lot of walking. Saw more churches and museums than I've done anywhere else, but they were actually great really. One thing clearly evident throughout each explanatory English note on each display unit is that they don't see the Spanish in the best of lights for invading and burning all their gold. Karma is a bitch I guess... ha. We were great tourists in Cusco so serious pat on the back for that.

Once again stumbled across serious Peruvian celebrations, Macnas equivalent Parade and a load of marching bands with their signature identical tunes, their favourite. Everyone gearing up for Inti Raymi so the place was absolutely hopping. Meant that I could get a few cheeky portrait photos without getting in trouble, handy because in Bolivia they hate it and make you pay.

Seemless.

A cool stone.

Beauty of a room, if you were an architect!

Christianity meets Inca ruin.

Cusco suburbs.

'Seanie, (whilst eating a burger the size of my head just of the Plaza de Armas) what's going on outside?'
Turns out to be some huge festival. Hence the huge float.