More Cusco

Its not the best picture, but thats the field we play soccer on... some people have some good scrapes from falling on the concrete. We play every Thursday. I didnt really play last week because my lungs werent up for it. Im pretty much better now, so Ill try again tonight. (The apostraphe button doesnt work on this machine..)

Ive mainly been working or just walking around the city with friends everyday, so not much to report. Here are a bunch of pictures from it.

Yesterday I had most of the day off, so I decided to walk up, and up, and up... I went up to the Cristo Blanco (White Christ) which looks over the city. I ended up walking around up there a bit more and ended up at Saqsaywaman, some old ruins just above the city. Apparently you need a tourist ticket to go, so they stopped me and asked what I was doing there without a ticket. So back down I went. The route I took on the way up involved a lot of stairs.

The main Plaza de Armas where the church is.

A woman was weaving some textiles when I walked by. It was very intricate and then she tried to get me to pay her to take a picture of her with her llama. No gracias...

Part of Saqsaywaman, so many tourist buses...

This is in the market San Pedro (pictures not in focus, but oh well). This is the jugos (juice) section of the market. Every lady sells the same thing next to each other and they wave and yell at you to come to them. The juice is always amazing and fresh and cheap and large. You usually get at least 2 glasses full, even three depending on how much they make, for about 4 soles (about $1.25).

This is the entrance pathway down to the hostel rooms we stay in. The area has a bunch of local houses as well.

The band Amaru Pumac Kuntur. They are an Andean fusion band from Cusco that is very popular in the area. They are some of the finalists on Perus Got Talent. They are really fun to watch and have a lot of different instruments they switch during the songs. The second picture is them playing in our bar for the opening night. They are going to play here every Saturday night, and they also practice here during the day sometimes. The fire has something to do with a pachamama ritual they do at the beginning of each performance.

All of my coworkers on the night of Perus world cup qualifying match (they lost...) from left to right: Ismael, Jacob, Mathias, William, Camilo, Martin and Manon.

Sunday BBQ! William and Martin cooking some yummy stuff