


CUSCO IS A SMALL TOWN AND THE GATEWAY TO A MAJOR TOURIST ATTRACTION – MACHU PICCHU. THE AIRPORT POSES AN INTERESTING LANDING…. THE PILOT HAS TO NAVIVATE THE VALLEY PASSES TO ARRIVE SAFELY AND THEN SLAM ON THE BRAKES.
WE TOURED A CAMELID FARM WITH ALPACA, LLAMA, VICUÑA AND LAMINI’S. ALL WERE FRIENDLY AS LONG AS WE KEPT FEEDING THEM GREEN STALKS OF GRAIN. SEVERAL OF THE CREATURES COULD BENEFIT FROM AN ORTHODONTIST.
CUSCO’S HISTORY IS STEEPED IN THE ‘OUI-OUI’. THATS THE NOISE MADE BY GUINNEA PIGS, THOSE FURRY CREATURES POPULAR AS PETS IN THE US. IN CUSCO THEY ARE ROASTED AND FEATURED ON RESTAURANT MENUS.