Last night we went out to dinner and had alpaca. It tasted like steak.
In the morning we went on a 3 hour walking tour of Cusco. Our guide, Elvis in the white hat below, took us around to see some historical buildings and churches. We learned alot about ancient Incan history and visited the San Pedro market which was cool and tasted some exotic fruits.
We are still breathing hard going up steep hills which has us concerned. We drink coca tea and you’re also supposed to chew coca leaves to help with the altitude’s effects. Elvis told us that Peruvians are small but have big lungs to handle the lack of oxygen.
We went to check in at our tour group and we asked to see the ages of the people in our group. Almost all were in there 20’s (ugh) with a 53 year old couple and someone around 40. We were hoping for a group of 60 year olds with bad knees, oh well. I guess we are the patriach/matriarch of this group. Maybe we’ll get special privileges like a free alpaca ride!
Had lunch overlooking the plaza at a traditional Peruvian restaurant. They had alpaca skewers (how do you say no when they have alpaca on the menu! ). We also had cicha morada, which is a local drink made with blue corn, pineapple and lime. It tasted like cranberry juice to me.
Great pics!
I totally agree with you…if alpaca is on the menu no need to read any further!