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Peru and Bolivia |
� Jeff Waugh
Evan at Sachsayhuaman |
Cuzco
& The Guinea Pig
I
really liked Cusco, mate de coca, cuy
and the really BIG stones
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| Cuzco was the capital of the
Incan Empire and there are still many Incan walls throughout the
city. The rocks of the walls at Sachsayhuaman are really
big!
When we first arrived at
the hotel in Cuzco, they brought us mate de coca. It is supposed
to help with altitude sickness. The second day I had a bit of a
headache from the altitude and mate de coca helped.
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� Jeff Waugh
"Mate de Coca"
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| We went to a restaurant to
try some cuy or guinea pig. They cooked the guinea pig in an
earthen oven for about twenty minutes. We watched Pok�mon in
Spanish while we were waiting. I also drank some Inca Cola. |
� Evan
Cuy baking in the oven
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| The cuy
tasted really good especially the crispy skin. Its head was still
on and I could see its teeth! The guinea pig was served with
potatoes and some vegetables wrapped in pastry. Mmmm good! |
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Jeff Waugh
Eating the "Cuy" or
Guinea pig |
| On the streets
of Cuzco there are a lot of old Incan walls. Many of the people
still wear the clothes of the Incan people. The people in Cuzco
were very friendly. |
� Jeff Waugh
Cuzco Family |
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School Notes...
Cuzco was the capital and spiritual and ceremonial center of the Incan
Empire. In 1533, Hernando Pizarro and his band of Spanish Conquistadores
entered Cusco. One of his historians described the Temple of the Sun,
"There was a garden in which the earth was lumps of fine gold, and it was cunningly planted with stalks of corn that were of
gold-stalk, leaves, and ears. Aside from this, there were more than 20 llamas of gold
with their young, and the shepherds who guarded them, with their slings and staffs, all of this metal. There were many tubs of gold and silver and
emeralds, and goblets, pots and every kind of vessel of fine
gold." Never had any of them seen anything like it anywhere in the
world.
Check out Cuzco
and Nearby Archaeological Sites...
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