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Awamaki Tour

After taking the train from Machu Picchu back to Ollantaytambo, I had another few days before coming back to my hostel in Cusco, and after crisscrossing the town and climbing both the official “sanctioned” Incan ruins and the much better, higher, and less expensive “un-official” ruins complete with flimsy guardrails and a few areas where ...

Machu Picchu

Probably one of the highlights of my trip was Machu Picchu. I’ve traveled to a lot of places, but that first glimpse of the ancient citadel as the mountain was slowly emerging from the morning mist left me literally speechless. After being in Cusco (and trying to acclimate to the altitude) for a few days, ...

Cusco – Cooking Class

On my last day in Cusco, after eating my weight in food over the previous two weeks, I really wanted to see how at least some of that food was made, so I found a cooking class that included a tour of the San Pedro Market. There were a few companies offering classes, but only ...

Walking Around Cusco

A few days after I took the second of my two board exams after finishing my second year of medical school, I took off for a short vacation to relax and not think about anything school related before starting my first clinical rotation of third year. Applying the same principle to all my travels, I ...