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Our LAN flight from Lima to Cuzco LAN was a good airline with good service on board.
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View of the Plaza outside our hotel
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One of the expensive hotels in Cuzco
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Plaza de Armas - main square of Cuzco The rainbow flag is the flag for the Cuzco area. The Church shown is...
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Plaza de Armas This square used to be the centre square of the Inca Imperial Cuzco.
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The magnificent main Cathedral The interior is equally stunning.
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Peruvian restaurant with Inca design After the tour of the main square, we proceeded to tour the nearby...
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Scenery en route to ruins
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Tambomachay This was our first Inca ruin of the tour.
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Beautiful souvenir items
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Tambomachay According to my fodor's guidebook, this site was probably used to worship...
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Tambomachay overview The Inca stonework is just amazing. Many Inca structures are earthquake proof.
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To another Inca site Puka Pukara It was believed to be an Inca fort.
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Puka Pukara
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Puka Pukara
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Note the amazing Inca stone work
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Overview of our third Inca Ruins Qenco
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Qenco ruins
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Sacsayhuaman Inca Monument This is our last and most spectacular ruin of the day - Sacsayhuaman...
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Sacsayhuaman This remains of the original fortress have three levels - my tour guide...
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Cuzco's beautiful sunset
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The cathedral at night I was pleasantly surprised at how good my digital camera works to take some...
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Plaza de Armas at night
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Beautiful fountain - Plaza de Armas
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Plaza de Armas
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Uphill to the neighbourhood of San Blas
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Charming alley - San Blas San Blas during day time is also very beautiful with white washed homes and...
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Pretty door with Inca stone foundation
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Pretty balcony of Cuzco
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Palacio de Inca Roca Strong Inca stone foundationwith Spanish colonial houses on top. This is also...
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Beautiful blue and white in San Blas
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Beautiful blue and white in San Blas
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Pretty blue window and tiles
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Another pretty balcony
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Another view of the Cathedral
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Plaza de Armas I just could not stop taking photos of the pretty houses with ornate balconies.
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Plaza de Armas
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Plaza de Armas
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Law court of Cuzco
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The next day we were going to the Tipon ruins and the surrounding areas.
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Tipon terraces One of the best examples of water management by the Incas.
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Tipon and surrounding areas Very peaceful as well.
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Tipon and surrounding areas
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Tipon and surrounding areas We almost had the place to ourselves. Our tour leader arranged the same local...
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Interesting terraces - Tipon
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guinea pig - my lunch I was the only one who tried guinea pig or cuy in Spanish. It tasted ok -...
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Another Inca Ruin we visited sorry I forgot the name of the place.
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Beautiful scenery
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Pikillacta The last ruin we visited on this tour. This ruin was a city from the pre-Inca...
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Pikillacta
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Plaza del Regocijo Loved the blue colour...
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El Cabildo - city hall of Cuzco in Plaza del Regocijo
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Me with the Cathedral
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Locals in Traditional Costumes They ask tourists to take photos in exchange for some money. There are many...
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View of Cuzco from my hotel window
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Local festivity My tour guide took me to a local festival with parades.
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This is my tour leader's niece.
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Local boys in traditional costume
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Local area
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Local market The markets sell everything from fresh meat to vegetables, very lively.
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Street scene of Cuzco
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Gate connecting the local market This gate is right between the interesting local market in the...
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Interesting local market - San Pedro Inside you can find fresh vegetables, meat, clothing, spices etc.
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Deities on rooftop of Crafts market
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Inside the colourful crafts market Yes it is touristy but really fun. It was a very good place to stock up...
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Fountain outside the Crafts Market
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Convent of Santo Domingo The Spaniards built the convent on top of the Inca temple of Sun.
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Convent of Santo Domingo
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Convent of Santo Domingo
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Courtyard - Convent of Santo Domingo
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Inside convent of Santo Domingo
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Inside convent of Santo Domingo You can see both the Spanish and Inca influences in this photo.
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Beautiful Religious Artwork
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Beautiful Religious Artwork The ceiling is nice as well.
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Courtyard - convent of Santo Domingo
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More pretty street of Cuzco
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Love the blue...
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Another beautiful building with white and blue.
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Peruvian folk dance at the Cuzco cultural centre. The admission of this show was included...
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Peruvian folk dance
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Another lady with a cute Llama This lady was very friendly and her llama was so cute...I could not resist...
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