Day 3 - Cusco, Peru

This morning we we got up at 2am to go to the airport for a 5:45am flight from Lima to Cusco, Peru. The flight was very quick, but throughout the whole flight my ears were popping and Jenn was so tired she slept the whole flight. When we arrived at Cusco, you can tell that it is very different from Lima. Cusco is a city surrounded by the beautiful Andes Mountains. The scenery is gorgeous.

We took a tour of Cusco, and went up the mountains to the Incan ruins. Up at the top of the mountains the view of Cusco city was amazing. Here we are on top of the mountain with Cusco behind us:


Because we are at such a high altitude Jenn and I both got winded very easily. Not because we are out of shape, but because we are so high up. :-)

We also took a tour of Qorikancha Temple, and a Cathedral. At Qorikancha we got to see the remains of Incan temples, the interesting thing here was that no substance was used to keep the large stones together, each stone actually held eachother in place like a puzzle. After our tour we all went to eat dinner at a nice restaurant, and we were surprised with a group of 5 musicians (all brothers from the ages of 14 to 23) who played traditional Peruvian music for us. Here is a little taste of what we saw:



And lastly we went back to the hotel to relax and go to bed because we have another long day ahead of us.
Buenas Noches!