Thursday, March 6, 2014

Loving Cusco, Peru

Just arrived from Lima

Goofballs, Ash and Mark trying the "attracting" plant

Eat pansy flowers for high cholesterol

The skin of the plant is used for shampoo and the pulp for fly repellent. Lindsay pays close attention.

The Inca pharmacy



High stakes here

Ice cream man

Yup, that is a guinea pig.

Play surprise with me?


Mattress street, ten stores with mattresses on the street



Overlooking city from Cristo Blanco


Part of the 7000km  rail bed from coast to coast

There are those guinea pigs again, ready to be cooked

Cheese and butter for sale

Inca pharmacy

Mercado

Peru has thousands of varieties of potatoes and Ian is getting a lesson on which ones are best for what
Octopus and frogs for sale here

Yes, frogs!


music on the way to dinner
The best bread ever!

Our dinner spot



dried alpaca







The 'boys" spent heir evening here after dinner


so many choices!

duck and goat cheese appetizer for Ash

alpaca steak with three kinds of potatoes for Chad

guinea pig, fries and quails egg for Ian

potatoes

yes, I had my camera in the bathroom


view from top of restaurant


cultural center



my first mummy


rock walls, no mortar





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