After Arequipa we had an early start to get to Cruz del Condor in the Colca Canyon - I´d like to say it´s the deepest canyon in the world but it comes just short - to one the other side of the same mountain range. You may have guessed that Cruz del Condor is where you can spot condors if you´re lucky - and we were!
Waiting for the condors....L-R: Miranda, London Lisa, Carly, Aussie Lisa, me, Steph and tour leader Mark
One appears!!
What. A. Goon. I bought it of course ;)
The amazing Colca Canyon with its many Incan terraces
En route to Cuzco - highest point on the trip! Check out the pin head on my shadow! (shadow not actual size...)
We had a long and VERY bumpy truck day to Cuzco after the Canyon, but to cheer us up we had a buffet curry on arrival, was amazing, and only about 3 quid all you can eat!
CUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRYYYYY!!!
The next day was the beginnings of summer/winter solstice celebrations in Cusco - we caught the Corpus Christie parades, it was so busy everywhere and we didn´t really understand what was going on!
Corpus Christie parade - banners galore
Celebratory cuy - a.k.a (shh whisper it...!) Guinea Pig
After making it through the crowds we managed to buy the things we needed for our respective Incan treks-the classic Inca Trail of course but in mine and Steph´s case the Lares Trek....but sorry everyone, you´ll have to wait till next time for pics of that and of course the one and only M.P.!!!! Bet you can hardly contain yourselves (!!)
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