Monday, February 7, 2011

Day 91: Cusco area - Sunday February 6, 2011


The Hotel Monesterio in Cusco was fabulous – beautiful, historical & has a great restaurant! Our professional guide (David) was excellent. We saw Sacsaywaman with its monumental stones and stupendous workmanship; Tambomachay, a sacred fountain: Q’enqo, a mystery site set in natural stone clefts, the Cathedral and a delicately curated museum of pottery and other small items. It was a fulfilling day! We had a delicious lunch at a contemporary Peruvian restaurant on the main plaza.

The drive to the Sacred Valley, mostly through a river gorge was beautiful. I yearned for the Andean corn beer Chicha as we went by the red tipped or flagged poles – to no avail. Maybe tomorrow we will have our chance.

Justin used Slingshot to hook us up to his TV for the Super Bowl. Several Gringo hotel guests (part of a National Geographic tour) joined us. We had delicious new tastes for dinner: cuy leg; Paiche – Amazon river fish; tacu tacu; tree tomato ravioli; soup of black Quinoa; lechon – yummm!

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