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Cuzco is a very interesting city, with beautiful colonial architecture combined with inka ruins that were used as foundations for many buildings and walls. You don't even have to leave the city to see famous ruins. We visited Temple of the Sun, which was very beautiful, had nice terraces and gardens. We also visited saqawaman (sounds like sexy woman). First, we rented hourses (technically they were mules), and rode to temple of the moon, and other inca caves, which were famous for having mummies. Some of the caves were quite small, so we had to almost crawl. At each site, there was a local guy waiting for us to get to the site (they work for tips). The saqawaman site was very impressive. This was a site of the famous battle between the Inkas and the spaniards. It has a fortress, a watchtower, burial sites and a famous large stone that looks like a rainbow. Everyone slides down this stone, kids and adults. In fact it was a sacred site for the Inkas. They believed in natural elements like the sun and the moon, and mountains were part of their gods. That's why they buried the human sacrifices on top of high mountains. We saw a few of them displayed in a museum of high altitude archeology in Salta, and they were quite amazing. They found three children on mountain llullualluaco. They were naturally preserved by snow, and had all their clothes, hair and skin.
Cuzco has lots of interesting restaurants and nightlife. I went on a free walking tour one day, and discovered lots of interesting places, including a restaurant that gives you a cooking class for 15 soles. We made a typical Peruvian dish, 'causa' that's made of potato and chili paste stuffed with chicken (usually with avocado), topped with egg and rosemary. We drank chicha which is a special local drink made of corn. It was a lovely way to spend the afternoon.
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