A quick one hour flight from Lima and I´m now in Cuzco. During the aerial approach and the 12 pence collectivo ride into town it was clear that this is a very special place. Once an ancient Inca capital, this city of over 350,000 is a sight to behold. Nestled in the mountains at 3,300m the air is so thin I keep forgetting to breathe deeply enough and find myself gasping for oxygen. As one German commented whilst climbing the cobbled streets, "Es alto!"
The people here seem incredibly friendly with good-natured locals touing for business from the many tourists. Even the foreigners are congenial and full of wisdom. John, a retired lecturer in anthropology at Philadelphia University, described how half his life he´d spent trying to f**k his wife-to-be and the other half trying to stop her f**king him during the ensuing divorce. All this plus a 5 course meal for £2.50 - a Yorkshireman´s dream.
2 comments:
You can take the man out of Yorkshire, but...
Is that the cheap bus fare and meal or the dirty jokes you're referring to... or both perhaps? :-)
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