Comercial center = a center full of comercials

Not too many adventures in Cuzco so far. But lots of plans :)

Cuzco is the most beautiful city we have ever seen in Peru. Loads of tourists and very high prices. That makes the streets look clean and the buildings in the center very nicely maintained. Going shopping here is a drag. Everybody is calling you to their shop and it gets you really tired in the end.

We are located in an excellent hostal called 'La Estrellita'. Very friendly owners, central and cheap. Also they have a notebook where tourists have put down their tricks on how to avoid paying all the enormous entrance prices to all the monuments or the train ticket to Machu Picchu. Some colombian girls even made it to Machu Picchu without paying the 40 $ entrance. Now that is something!!

So far we visited the city, and some sorrounding ruins in Moray. Weird circle like fields where the incas used to grow plants. We actually had the fortune to meet one couple that was in the alternative farming and that explained to us loads of strange theories that had to do with the sun and the other 4 elements (water, wind, earth, fire). According to them, those ruins were nothing but an excellent use of those elements that produced with a 'cosmic orgasm' good, strond, quality, free of deseases seeds that were later used in the agriculture.

Today we entered for free in some inca ruins in Chinchero (searched for an alternative entrance). It wasn't much, but it was a good practice as we are planning in entering without paying on other sites too.

For the following 5 days we have a different plan. We want to do a trek to Choquequirao, some inca ruins very much like the Machu Pichu. Only that these ruins were discovered a short time ago and the access route is by walking only. We are supposed to hire a guide and a donkey to carry our stuff. The trek will only last for 3 days, but we need 2 more to get to Cachora (nearby village) and come back. We are really looking forward to reaching those ruins, as the inca trail to Machu Picchu is completely booked until september. So this is the next best thing!