Yep, that's right. Laurel and I finally got to see Machu Picchu.
Last Wednesday Laurel and I got on an airplane to fly to Cuzco. Our #1 purpose was to go to Machu Picchu (a few hours away from Cuzco), but we also planned a couple of days to hang out in the city of Cuzco. It is a quaint city that caters to tourists and has lots to do. Laurel and I spent most of our time there exploring the streets and shopping at the Inca Markets.
On the second day we had in Cuzco, Laurel and I went in search of yummy food and a massage. After eating a delicious lunch in the main plaza, we were bombarded with ladies giving us cards to their spas. We started talking to one of them to see what our options were for a massage. We just wanted a simple massage where we didn't have to take any clothes off, but that turned out to be harder to explain to the lady than we thought it would. Our whole conversation was basically Spanglish, because we'd say what we knew in Spanish and what we didn't know in English. The lady wasn't quite understanding that we did in fact want a massage - we just didn't want to take our shirts off for it. Maybe she thought we were weird. My favorite was at one point Laurel said, "No me gusta..." and then made the motion of taking her shirt off. It made me laugh. After a long and rather hilarious conversation, we did end up getting massages, shirts and pants still on us. It was worth it.
The downside of Cuzco was the hostel we stayed in. People would party at the bar until 2:00-3:00 AM, which isn't pleasant when you have a tour at 5:00 AM the next day. Suffice it to say, I hated every minute I was inside the place (and so did Laurel). Unfortunately this hostel negatively affected the way I felt about my stay in Cuzco, but besides that, Cuzco was a fun city to visit.
The main plaza
Cuzco's elevation is over 11,000 feet above sea level
Narrow streets
Inka Cola. My new favorite soda.
Purple corn
Modeling the shopping carts at the grocery store
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