Cusco DAY 2

First day at the super high elevation and it was my turn to feel it .... I am smiling in the picture below, but we had climbed the 10 steps up to the Cathedral and I was feeling it.  Headache, a little nauseous, tired .... but we were there to explore!!!

 From behind us we hear "Hello my friends!!" ... Victor, our artist friend from yesturday arrived to show us his town and we started with the very famous Inca wall!  This is the stone with 12 corners ... and each stone is so tight up against it!  Can you see the smaller rocks on the bottom?  It was built that way to withstand earthquakes ... the lower rocks would absorb the shakes and keep the upper rocks in place....

 He was such a nice guy ... easy to be with, and so forthcoming with all the Peruvian-type questions that we had!

 He was very proud of the fact that Peru grows over 3000 types of potatoes!!  He took us to the local market and it was unreal ... so much fresh food!

 His friend ran this fruit drink stand ... when you walk in, all these ladies are leaning out over their fruit trying to get your attention!  Come to MY drink stand!!  But he lead us straight here and it took awhile because she peeled so many fruits for the best drink ... we even talked Shannon into drinking (she was very gun shy to try any food on this trip ... nobody wants to get sick! But we had traveler probiotics with every breakfast!)

 We picked up his artist folder on the way back to the square because after he left us, he went back to hustling ... very nice guy ... he left us at the chocolate museum ...

 But he first showed us roasted guinea pig that we could have bought from this gal!  Teeth and all!

 We found this little alcove, hidden from the main streets, and we each purchased some llama socks!

 Quick nap and then back down to the lobby to finish buying our machu picchu tickets ....

 Maritza, very lovely woman ... weak English which lead to a few miscommunications ... but very sweet.  She got us all ready for our big trip!!  She put all our tickets in 'dummy order' - bus ticket, then train ticket, then machu picchu ticket, then bus ticket, then train ticket ... lol .. very dummy proof.