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So have met up with my mini group and headed to Cusco. There have been far too many early mornings recently but we have just had a couple of days of lie-ins!
I had not realised how large Cusco is... I guess I had just thouht it would be a small touristy town, but then I guess if your putting 2500 people up to Machu Picchu everyday then it isn't really going to be!
Machu Picchu was awesome. It really is amazing site, far too many steps that should be a lot smaller, I thought Incas were supposed to be a similar size to me?! Had a very informative tour round then place and then we were left to go explore by ourselves.
Yesterday we went to an alpaca wool factory where they were explaining to us how to tell the difference between fake and real, if you got it right you got a finger puppet (which I did!). We also went round a silver factory, watching them moulding all the silver and turning it into jewelry. Has to be said I coulded resist some earings! In the afternoon we tried out our negotiation skills in the handicrafts market. Have stocked up on supposedly alpaca wool items before we head up even further in altitude!
Have booked a spa day today... Who knows what that actually comprises of!
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