The peoples' democratic blog of Matt Hayward

OK, so once you get over the altitude Cusco (or Cuzco) is one great little place. It’s a city of about a million people. The Plaza De Armas has two beautiful churches, heaps of great places to eat and sits bang in the centre of a great many Inca ruins. A place where you could [...]

OK, I´m going to have to separate this into two posts because Cusco is awesome but there is some stuff you should know.
Firstly altitude is a bitch. Many people fly into Cusco from other high altitude spots like La Paz in  Bolivia and so they´re already well adjusted. But if you´re doing Peru only, then [...]