Today, we flew from Lima to Cusco and then drove to the Sacred Valley.
Cusco is high and you can really feel it when you walk around. The Sacred Valley is slightly lower in elevation and is a welcome relief.
Views of the mountains on the drive down to the Sacred Valley. At the bottom is the town Urubamba where we are staying for the next few days.
Made a new friend today
We stopped for a buffet lunch. That's where I ate Alpaca. In a not surprising turn of events, it tastes like beef. There were a lot of vegetable dishes, quinoa salads, spicy pepper salads and the famous Peruvian ceviche. The other specialty item to eat here is Guinea Pig. I'll have some of that before the trip is over. We also learned that Peru has over 3000 kinds of potatoes and that Alpacas like to live at elevations greater than 11,000 ft.
Cusco is high and you can really feel it when you walk around. The Sacred Valley is slightly lower in elevation and is a welcome relief.
Views of the mountains on the drive down to the Sacred Valley. At the bottom is the town Urubamba where we are staying for the next few days.
Made a new friend today
We stopped for a buffet lunch. That's where I ate Alpaca. In a not surprising turn of events, it tastes like beef. There were a lot of vegetable dishes, quinoa salads, spicy pepper salads and the famous Peruvian ceviche. The other specialty item to eat here is Guinea Pig. I'll have some of that before the trip is over. We also learned that Peru has over 3000 kinds of potatoes and that Alpacas like to live at elevations greater than 11,000 ft.
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