Postcards from:
Big Bear Lake USA
San Jose Costa Rica
Granada Nicaragua
Managua Nicaragua
San Salvador ElSalvador
Tegucigalpa Honduras
San Pedro Sula Honduras
Copan Ruinas Honduras
La Ceiba Honduras
Utila Island Honduras
La Ceiba Honduras
San Pedro Sula Honduras
Belmopan Belize
Belize City Belize
Orange Walk Belize
Lamanai
Mayan Ruins
Panama City Panama
Bogata Colombia
Cali Colombia
Popayan Colombia
Ipiales Colombia
Quito Ecuador
Galapagos Is. Ecuador
Puerto Ayoro Galapagos
Guayaquil Ecuador
Cuenca Ecuador
Tumbes Peru
Lima Peru
Nazca Peru
Cuzco Peru
Ollantaytambo Peru
Machu Picchu Peru
Machu Picchu Photos
Cuzco Again
Lake Titicaca Peru
Lake Titicaca Photos
Copacabana Bolivia
La Paz Bolivia
Arica Chile
Iquique Chile
Antofagasta Chile
Santiago Chile 1
Valparaiso Chile
Santiago Chile 2
Easter Island Chile
Santiago Chile 3
Chillan Chile
Valdivia Chile
Puerto Montt Chile
Castro Chile
Chaiten Chile
Coyhaique Chile
Puerto Chacabuco Chile
Coyhaique Chile
Punta Arenas Chile
Puerto Natales Chile
Punta Arenas Chile
Puerto Williams Chile
Ushuaia Argentina
Buenos Aires Argentina
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Montevideo Uruguay
Colonia Uraguay
Caracas Venezuela
Ciudad Bolivar Venezuela
Puerto Ordaz Venezuela
Porlamar Venezuela
PortOSpain Trinidad
Georgetown Guyana
Corriverton Guyana
Paramaribo Suriname
Cayenne French Guiana
Pointa A Pitre Guadaloupe
Gosier Guadeloupe
Dominican Republic
Miami Florida
Back Home in California
Cuzco Peru: The road through
the steep canyon offered spectacular views during the last six hours of
our ascent up the mountain to Cuzco.
Cuzco Peru: Looking up into the surrounding hills.
Cuzco Peru: Looking up into the surrounding hills.
Cuzco Peru: Looking down into the city as we approach the bus terminal.
Cuzco Peru: Looking down into the city as we approach the bus terminal.
Cuzco Peru: A view of the city near the Plaza de Armas from a balcony at
the hotel Casa San Blas where I stayed six nights.
Cuzco Peru: One of the steep stairways near the Plaza de Armas.
Cuzco Peru: One of the steep stairways near the Plaza de Armas.
Cuzco Peru: On this street near the Plaza de Armas I found a half dozen
laundry services.
Cuzco Peru: One of the steep stairways near the Plaza de Armas.
Cuzco Peru: Street sign for Purgatory Street. It must have been named
before the Vatican abolished purgatory last century.
Cuzco Peru: View of the city from an elevated street north of the Plaza
de Armas.
Cuzco Peru: View of the city from an elevated street north of the Plaza
de Armas.
Cuzco Peru: View of the city from an elevated street north of the Plaza
de Armas.
Cuzco Peru: View of the city from an elevated street north of the Plaza
de Armas.
Cuzco Peru: View of the city from an elevated street north of the Plaza
de Armas.
Cuzco Peru: View of the city from an elevated street north of the Plaza
de Armas.
Cuzco Peru: View of the city from an elevated street north of the Plaza
de Armas.
Cuzco Peru: View of the city from an elevated street north of the Plaza
de Armas.
Cuzco Peru: View of the city from an elevated street north of the Plaza
de Armas.
Cuzco Peru: Looking northeast across the Plaza de Armas.
Cuzco Peru: Looking north across the northwest corner of the Plaza de
Armas.
Cuzco Peru: Cathedral on the east side of the Plaza de Armas.
Cuzco Peru: Massive locked doors on the Companion Church on the south
side of the Plaza de Armas.
Cuzco Peru: Cathedral on the east side of the Plaza de Armas.
Cuzco Peru: Cathedral on the east side of the Plaza de Armas.
Cuzco Peru: One day as I strolled around the Plaza de Armas a parade
entered from one of the side streets led by men carrying a huge crucifix
and followed by these groups of police and soldiers.
Cuzco Peru: One day as I strolled around the Plaza de Armas a parade
entered from one of the side streets led by men carrying a huge crucifix
and followed by these groups of police and soldiers.
Cuzco Peru: Another little kid totally engrossed in his new found toy
near the Plaza de Armas.
Cuzco Peru: Entrance to the ticket office for Peru Rail.
Cuzco Peru:To the left of the Cathedral is this chapel with the small
office of the Inquisition located immediately to the left.
Cuzco Peru: This is the small office of the Inquisition. It sits in the
shadow of the great cathedral and next to a lesser church.
Cuzco Peru: This old steam engine sits in front of the departure station
of the Peru Rail used to transport people down to Machu Picchu Pueblo.
Cuzco Peru: Decorations on the lobby walls in the Casa San Blas boutique
hotel I used during my stay.
Cuzco Peru: One of the masks decorating the cafe wall in the Casa San
Blas hotel I used for my seven day stay in Cuzco before heading over to
Machu Picchu.
Cuzco Peru: Decorations on the lobby walls in the Casa San Blas botique
hotel I used during my stay.
Cuzco Peru: Entrance to the El Molino Mercado Annex. It is the closest
thing in Cuzco to a shopping mall. Actually, just about anything can be
found here. Only partially paved and covered the place became a muddy
mess the rainy day I visited.
Cuzco Peru: Inside the El Molino Mercado Annex. It is the closest thing
in Cuzco to a shopping mall. Actually, just about anything can be found
here. Only partially paved and covered the place became a muddy mess the
rainy day I visited.
Cuzco Peru: Entrance to the El Molino Mercado Annex. It is the closest
thing in Cuzco to a shopping mall. Actually, just about anything can be
found here. Only partially paved and covered the place became a muddy
mess the rainy day I visited.
Cuzco Peru: This old steam engine sits in front of the departure station
of the Peru Rail used to transport people down to Machu Picchu Pueblo.
Cuzco Peru: View of the street that borders Plaza de Armas on the west
as seen from the second floor restaurant I used one day.
Cuzco Peru: Original old Inca walls like this form the foundations for
many/most large buildings in Cuzco... and it is true the morterless
joints are so tight I couldn't slide a piece of paper between any of the
stones!
Cuzco Peru: View of the Cathedral looking across the Plaza de Armas
fountain.
Cuzco Peru: A magnificent mural along Avenida el Sol. Left to Right
Panorama 1
Cuzco Peru: A magnificent mural along Avenida el Sol. Left to Right
Panorama 2
Cuzco Peru: A magnificent mural along Avenida el Sol. Left to Right
Panorama 3
Cuzco Peru: A magnificent mural along Avenida el Sol. Left to Right
Panorama 4
Cuzco Peru: A magnificent mural along Avenida el Sol. Left to Right
Panorama 5
Cuzco Peru: A magnificent mural along Avenida el Sol. Left to Right
Panorama 6
Cuzco Peru: A magnificent mural along Avenida el Sol. Left to Right
Panorama 7
Cuzco Peru: A magnificent mural along Avenida el Sol. Left to Right
Panorama 8
Cuzco Peru: Looking across the Plaza de Armas at the Cathedral.
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10 November
2005
Good morning from Cuzco, gateway to
Machu Picchu
.
My overnight
Flores Imperial Bus arrived at 11:00 after a tiring fourteen hour
journey from Nazca. I had hoped to find a way to make the trip during
daylight hours, but my most determined search found only the prearranged
package tour buses with no new passengers allowed in Nazca. I knew the
long ride would be tiring and wisely invested in tickets for two $18
seats in the hope the extra room might make it tolerable.
The first
seven hours of that dash through the night could have been an
"E" ticket ride at
Disneyland! Twisting, turning, jerking up and down, back and forth made sleep
impossible. In fact, staying in the seat challenged my determination not
to spend the night sliding up and down the floor of the isle. The
experience makes me more determined to consider one of the luxury
organized tours like those offered by the Movil Tour Group for such
itineraries in the future.
When dawn
announced itself around 06:30 an hour short of the larger town
Abancay, we finally
stopped for a rest at Chalhuanca, a wide place in the road with a half
dozen refreshment stands, hastily positioned push carts, dusty little
mom and pop stores and one dark dingy place that claimed to be a
restaurant where we were offered only coffee... which I declined. Toilet
facilities consisted of walking behind one of the buildings. Looking
back I think the main reason for stopping might have been to change
drivers, the passenger's needs being secondary. The last half of the
trip up the mountain to
Cuzco
took us along a river through some spectacular canyons. Here and there
on level plots were adobe farm houses with early risers already busy at
daily chores. Wild horses, donkeys, pigs, cows, sheep and the
occasional Indian tending them augmented the splendor of steep cliffs
along the road.
We arrived
breathlessly at the Terminal Terrestre in Cuzco
Peru shortly after
noon and a half dozen "helpful" ladies offered to show me the
best hotels in town. One gave me a map of the city with clear markings
for the hotel she represented. Having only the vaguest idea where we
were, tired from a sleepless night, gasping for air and hungry, I
eagerly walked a block away from the touts and grabbed a cab. "Plaza de Armas?" I questioned the cab driver. "Dos
Soles" he replied without a blink. That interchange served as my
introduction to the completely honest cab drivers of
Cuzco
. Most rides were two Soles, about sixty cents and drivers always
volunteered fare information. Amazing!
My
earlier search of the Internet found a description of the boutique
hotel,
Casa San Blas and I
immediately made inquiries of the locals when I reached the central
plaza. Off the
Plaza
de Armas and three blocks up a steep cobblestone
road not wide enough for an American SUV, nor anyone terribly overweight
I hobbled dodging other pedestrians on the narrow sidewalk and
determined vehicles squeezing their way down the tight lane. The
knee is much improved, but clearly is not ready even for
Cuzco
hill climbing. Anxious to get a shower and some real food after that
fourteen hour bus marathon I checked into the Casa San Blas hotel.
Unfortunately, the next morning a bad case of travelers diarrhea hit
me. I've had two bouts with food poisoning during the last week or so;
earlier with staph symptoms and this time with e-coil or salmonella
symptoms. Not fun or even exciting enough for a good story.
In the process of researching
sources and treatments for diarrhea I learned more than I wanted to know
about the epidemic of
cholera in
Peru
; symptoms are similar to what I have been experiencing. However, I
also learned that eighty percent of uncomplicated cases of traveler's
diarrhea are caused by ingesting the bacteria e-coli commonly associated
with unsanitary food handling. As I had only eaten candy bars and
bottled water on the bus and symptoms usually occur a couple days after
infection, the problem must have started back in Nazca. The hotel is a
convenient place to recuperate. A free Internet terminal for guests is
available in the lobby and wireless Internet is available in my room.
Using the Lilliputian Pocket PC is fine for checking email, but
composing responses with it is like assembling words in a game of
Scrabble. So, answering mail usually must wait until I have access to
the full sized lobby terminal.
Cuzco is a fascinating city. Situated
3360 m
(
11,024 feet ) above sea level newcomers find themselves gasping for air with the
slightest exertion. Once the capital of the Inca Empire, one can still
see the remaining granite stone walls of many Inca structures like the
Inca
Palace
and
Sun
Temple
. City planners and maintenance departments have saved all the old
original Inca and Spanish colonial structures, upgrading and
maintaining everything as if it had been built yesterday... charming.
Cuzco
is a delightful place to explore. Old buildings and town layout offer
surprises around every corner. The two square block
Plaza de Armas is surrounded by old colonial structures. Next to the magnificent
Cathedral sits the original local office of the infamous Inquisition, Local
de
la Inquisicion
now selling religious curios to tourists! Many government
buildings, shops and a few of the more expensive hotels also grace the
streets facing the Plaza.
Cuzco
has more churches and plazas than I'll ever have time to visit. High
on a hill above
Cuzco
stands another replica of the famous
110 foot
high
Rio de Janeiro
Cristo Redemptor statue called here Cristo Blanco. Copies of this work
of art are very popular around
South America
.
The city
reminds me a lot of
Santa Barbara
, except for the total lack of western fast food joints or modern
shopping malls. There are plenty of upscale shops selling fancy western
goods and the large El Molino Mercado where a hundred little permanent
stalls sell every imaginable product to mostly local shoppers. Prices
there are cheap; I bought a light down vest for $6.30 after a brief and
amiable period of bargaining that started at $7.50. The seller and I
both seemed to enjoy the process. She grabbed my counter offer without
pause so I suspect I paid too much.
Coca leaf
chewing has been widely reported to be a stimulant somewhat like coffee
with the added benefit of counteracting the effects of low oxygen
content of the air at this high altitude. I've been looking forward to
trying it ever since entering this part of
South America
. Imagine my surprise when I discovered a basket full of green
leaves next to the complimentary coffee/tea table in the lobby of my
hotel. After verifying the identity of the leaves and that they were
safe to taste, I chewed about a tablespoon's worth. As far as I could
tell the ritual had no immediate effect... much like my first encounter
with smoking marijuana many decades ago. Incidentally, the leaves taste
surprisingly similar to marijuana. Later I noticed the basket of
commercial tea packets included a quantity of "SURAT Mate de
Coca." I'm wondering what would happen during my re-entry into the
country during customs inspection were I to bring a few packages home.
A dozen cafes
and restaurants cluster around the Plaza de Armas, some with sidewalk
dining, some with second floor views. Restaurant touts wander the
covered sidewalks near their establishments aggressively approaching
potential customers with a menu ready for inspection. Roaming Andean
musicians entertain diners and then offer CDROM discs containing their
music. The sounds of raspy pan pipes, flutes, drums, and guitars create
a pleasant background for dining on broiled llama (like tough beef) or
roasted guinea pig (tastes a lot like white rat). "I'd rather be a
hammer than a nail." is played so often it surely must be the
favorite melody for Peruvian pipers.
As first seen
in Lima, bus conductors dash from their buses to time clocks mounted at
fixed locations and monitored by another person to time stamp their
progress records every few blocks or so. The practice makes work for an
army of record keepers around the city. For some reason, ice-cream
freezers with clear sliding tops are kept locked in most mom and pop
refreshment shops. I presume kids stealing the goodies must be the
problem. Indian ladies use a highly stylized technique for folding and
tying their colorful shawl into a backpack. In it they can carry a baby,
groceries, products to sell and just about anything smaller than an
orange crate. They are rarely seen without the distinctive colorful load
on their backs.
After six
nights of recuperation and acclimation I am ready to make the trip to
Machu Picchu
. I have not decided which of the several transportation options I'll
use; all are possibilities: early morning train, late morning bus half
way and then train or a packaged tour. I end this now so I can complete
my research.
Peace,
Fred L Bellomy
Cuzco Peru: The road through the steep canyon offered spectacular views
during the last six hours of our ascent up the mountain to Cuzco.
Cuzco Peru: My first view of the city as we descended into the valley.
Cuzco Peru: One of the steep stairways near the Plaza de Armas.
Cuzco Peru: This is Purgatory Street. It must have been named before the
Vatican abolished purgatory last century.
Cuzco Peru: View of the city from an elevated street north of the Plaza
de Armas.
Cuzco Peru: One day as I strolled around the Plaza de Armas a parade
entered from one of the side streets led by men carrying a huge crucifix
and followed by many groups of police and soldiers.
Cuzco Peru: One day as I strolled around the Plaza de Armas a parade
entered from one of the side streets led by men carrying a huge crucifix
and followed by many groups of police and soldiers.
Cuzco Peru: One day as I strolled around the Plaza de Armas a parade
entered from one of the side streets led by men carrying a huge crucifix
and followed by this marching band and many groups of police and
soldiers.
Cuzco Peru: Cathedral on the east side of the Plaza de Armas.
Cuzco Peru: Cathedral on the east side of the Plaza de Armas.
Cuzco Peru: One day as I strolled around the Plaza de Armas a parade
entered from one of the side streets led by men carrying a huge crucifix
and followed by these groups of police and soldiers.
Cuzco Peru: One day as I strolled around the Plaza de Armas a parade
entered from one of the side streets led by men carrying a huge crucifix
and followed by these groups of police and soldiers.
Cuzco Peru: One day as I strolled around the Plaza de Armas a parade
entered from one of the side streets led by men carrying a huge crucifix
and followed by these groups of police and soldiers.
Cuzco Peru: These women soldiers seem to be proud of their participation
in a parade
that entered from one of the side streets led by men carrying a huge crucifix
and followed by these groups of police and soldiers.
Cuzco Peru: Sidewalk cafe lunch around the Plaza de Armas attracted this
group os strolling musicians.
Cuzco Peru: Decorations on the lobby walls in the Casa San Blas botique
hotel I used during my stay.
Cuzco Peru: A beautiful mural on a court building along Avenida el Sol.
Cuzco Peru: El Molino Mercado is the closest thing in Cuzco to a
shopping mall. Actually, just about anything can be found here. Only
partially paved and covered the place became a muddy mess the rainy day
I visited.
Cuzco Peru: El Molino Mercado is the closest thing in Cuzco to a
shopping mall. Actually, just about anything can be found here. Only
partially paved and covered the place became a muddy mess the rainy day
I visited.
Cuzco Peru: Inside the El Molino Mercado Annex. It is the closest thing
in Cuzco to a shopping mall. Actually, just about anything can be found
here. Only partially paved and covered the place became a muddy mess the
rainy day I visited.
Cuzco Peru: This old steam engine sits in front of the departure station
of the Peru Rail used to transport people down to Machu Picchu Pueblo.
Cuzco Peru: Looking across the Plaza de Armas at the Cathedral.
Cuzco Peru: View of the street that borders Plaza de Armas on the west
as seen from the second floor restaurant I used one day.
Cuzco Peru: View of the Cathedral looking across the Plaza de Armas
fountain.
Cuzco Peru: Original old Inca walls like this form the foundations for
many/most large buildings in Cuzco.
Cuzco Peru: Monument near Plaza de Armas.
Cuzco Peru: A magnificent mural along Avenida el Sol. Left to Right
Panorama A
Cuzco Peru: A magnificent mural along Avenida el Sol. Left to Right
Panorama B
Cuzco Peru: A magnificent mural along Avenida el Sol. Left to Right
Panorama C
Cuzco Peru: A magnificent mural along Avenida el Sol. Left to Right
Panorama D
Cuzco Peru: Narrow street off the north side of Plaza de Armas is known
as Gringo Ally.
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Cuzco Peru: One day as I
strolled around the Plaza de Armas a parade entered from one of the side
streets led by men carrying this huge crucifix and followed by many groups
of police and soldiers.
Cuzco Peru: This is the rest stop in tiny Chalhuanca our bus chose shortly
after dawn. The location had nothing civilized people might expect after
seven hours of uncomfortable mountain travel in the dark.
Cuzco Peru: This is the rest stop in tiny Chalhuanca our bus chose shortly
after dawn. The location had nothing civilized people might expect after
seven hours of uncomfortable mountain travel in the dark.
Cuzco Peru: This is the rest stop in tiny Chalhuanca our bus chose shortly
after dawn. The location had nothing civilized people might expect after
seven hours of uncomfortable mountain travel in the dark.
Cuzco Peru: This is across the highway from the rest stop in tiny Chalhuanca
our bus chose shortly after dawn. The location had nothing civilized people
might expect after seven hours of uncomfortable mountain travel in the dark.
Cuzco Peru: This is a shot behind the buildings at the rest stop in tiny
Chalhuanca our bus chose shortly after dawn. The location had nothing
civilized people might expect after seven hours of uncomfortable mountain
travel in the dark.
Cuzco Peru: This seems to be a group of tract houses across the highway from
the rest stop in tiny Chalhuanca our bus chose shortly after dawn. The
location had nothing civilized people might expect after seven hours of
uncomfortable mountain travel in the dark.
Cuzco Peru: The road through the steep canyon offered spectacular views
during the last six hours of our ascent up the mountain to Cuzco.
Cuzco Peru: The road through the steep canyon offered spectacular views
during the last six hours of our ascent up the mountain to Cuzco.
Cuzco Peru: The road through the steep canyon offered spectacular views
during the last six hours of our ascent up the mountain to Cuzco.
Cuzco Peru: The road through the steep canyon offered spectacular views
during the last six hours of our ascent up the mountain to Cuzco. Here is my
first view of the city.
Cuzco Peru: The road through the steep canyon offered spectacular views
during the last six hours of our ascent up the mountain to Cuzco. My first
view of the city.
Cuzco Peru: A view of the city near the Plaza de Armas from a balcony at
the hotel Casa San Blas where I stayed six nights.
Cuzco Peru: A view of the city near the Plaza de Armas from a balcony at
the hotel Casa San Blas where I stayed six nights.
Cuzco Peru: A view of the city near the Plaza de Armas from a balcony at
the hotel Casa San Blas where I stayed six nights.
Cuzco Peru: Looking into one of the numberless little shopping tunnels.
Cuzco Peru: Looking into one of the shops on a narrow street.
Cuzco Peru: Goods on display in one of the shops.
Cuzco Peru: One day as I strolled around the Plaza de Armas a parade
entered from one of the side streets led by men carrying this huge
crucifix and followed by many groups of police and soldiers.
Cuzco Peru: Continuation of the street that borders the Plaza de Armas
on the west.
Cuzco Peru: Continuation of the street that borders the Plaza de Armas
on the west.
Cuzco Peru: Cathedral tower on the east side of the Plaza de Armas.
Cuzco Peru: Cathedral tower on the east side of the Plaza de Armas.
Cuzco Peru: Design made of colored sawdust on one of the side streets
off of the Plaza de Armas.
Cuzco Peru: Cathedral on the east side of the Plaza de Armas as clergy
follow the crucifix leading a parade..
Cuzco Peru: One day as I strolled around the Plaza de Armas a parade
entered from one of the side streets led by men carrying a huge crucifix
and followed by these groups of police and soldiers.
Cuzco Peru: One day as I strolled around the Plaza de Armas a parade
entered from one of the side streets led by men carrying a huge crucifix
and followed by these groups of police and soldiers.
Cuzco Peru: One day as I strolled around the Plaza de Armas a parade
entered from one of the side streets led by men carrying a huge crucifix
and followed by these groups of police and soldiers.
Cuzco Peru: One day as I strolled around the Plaza de Armas a parade
entered from one of the side streets led by men carrying a huge crucifix
and followed by these groups of police and soldiers. Notice the soldier
in a sniper's camouflage outfit.
Cuzco Peru: One day as I strolled around the Plaza de Armas a parade
entered from one of the side streets led by men carrying a huge crucifix
and followed by these groups of police and soldiers.
Cuzco Peru: One day as I strolled around the Plaza de Armas a parade
entered from one of the side streets led by men carrying a huge crucifix
and followed by these groups of police and soldiers.
Cuzco Peru: One day as I strolled around the Plaza de Armas a parade
entered from one of the side streets led by men carrying a huge crucifix
and followed by these groups of police and soldiers.
Cuzco Peru: One day as I strolled around the Plaza de Armas a parade
entered from one of the side streets led by men carrying a huge crucifix
and followed by these groups of police and soldiers.
Cuzco Peru: Fountain in another plaza not far from Plaza de Armas.
Cuzco Peru: Sidewalk cafe lunch around the Plaza de Armas attracted
occasional postcard sellers, shoeshine boys and others.
Cuzco Peru: Sidewalk cafe lunch around the Plaza de Armas attracted
occasional postcard sellers, shoeshine boys and others.
Cuzco Peru: Sidewalk cafe lunch around the Plaza de Armas attracted this
group os strolling musicians.
Cuzco Peru: El Molino Mercado is the closest thing in Cuzco to a
shopping mall. Actually, just about anything can be found here. Only
partially paved and covered the place became a muddy mess the rainy day
I visited.
Cuzco Peru: El Molino Mercado is the closest thing in Cuzco to a
shopping mall. Actually, just about anything can be found here. Only
partially paved and covered the place became a muddy mess the rainy day
I visited.
Cuzco Peru: El Molino Mercado is the closest thing in Cuzco to a
shopping mall. Actually, just about anything can be found here. Only
partially paved and covered the place became a muddy mess the rainy day
I visited.
Cuzco Peru: El Molino Mercado is the closest thing in Cuzco to a
shopping mall. Actually, just about anything can be found here. Only
partially paved and covered the place became a muddy mess the rainy day
I visited.
Cuzco Peru: El Molino Mercado is the closest thing in Cuzco to a
shopping mall. Actually, just about anything can be found here. Only
partially paved and covered the place became a muddy mess the rainy day
I visited.
Cuzco Peru: El Molino Mercado is the closest thing in Cuzco to a
shopping mall. Actually, just about anything can be found here. Only
partially paved and covered the place became a muddy mess the rainy day
I visited.
Cuzco Peru: Inside the El Molino Mercado Annex. It is the closest thing
in Cuzco to a shopping mall. Actually, just about anything can be found
here. Only partially paved and covered the place became a muddy mess the
rainy day I visited.
Cuzco Peru: View of the street that borders Plaza de Armas on the west
as seen from the second floor restaurant I used one day.
Cuzco Peru: Inside the El Molino Mercado Annex. It is the closest thing
in Cuzco to a shopping mall. Actually, just about anything can be found
here. Only partially paved and covered the place became a muddy mess the
rainy day I visited.
Cuzco Peru: Inside the El Molino Mercado Annex. It is the closest thing
in Cuzco to a shopping mall. Actually, just about anything can be found
here. Only partially paved and covered the place became a muddy mess the
rainy day I visited.
Cuzco Peru: Monument near Plaza de Armas.
Cuzco Peru: Monument near Plaza de Armas.
Cuzco Peru: Narrow street off the north side of Plaza de Armas is known
as Gringo Ally.
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