Saturday 27 January
We drove a gorgeous unpaved road up the mountain to the Inca site of Moray.
Anthropologists think this site was used for agricultural research by the Incas.
I loved the wild plants and flowers growing up at nearly 4000m above sea level.
Chef Virgilio Martinez from Central - remember that post from Monday - has a restaurant - Mil - and a small farm here where he researches and grows the Andean and Incan produce used in his recipes/ creations.
It was raining in the colonial town of Chinchero so we visited a weaving co-operative first. A bit touristy for us.
Then lunch at Incagrill back in Cusco.
We drove south to Pikillaqta-a pre-Inca settlement. Restaurants or shops of the same type cluster together in the towns around Cusco : Panaderias for bread, Cuyerias for roasted guinea pig, Chicharronerias for pork, Pollerias for chicken.
And then there are all the Autos Lavados advertising bikini car washes! Our driver says it's just a marketing thing.
It's Saturday night so we walk to Plaza de Armas. It's teeming with locals and the few tourists are all in Paddy's or Molly Malone's, which does have live music and good pisco sours.
Sagrada has excellent pizza. Pisco Republic is the place to be seen on a Saturday night but we are flagging fast -from drinking at high altitude - so we have to leave as the band starts up. It's an early start again tomorrow.
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