I came here totally unprepared. Cusco was to be the base to begin our tour to The Lost City of the Incas - more famously known as Machu Picchu - BUT the city itself and the surrounding areas have so much to offer. With our fabulous guide we all learned so much about the Incas. The Incas were originally a small tribe in the southern highlands of Peru. In less than a century, during the 1400s, they built one of the largest, most tightly controlled empires the wo...

I am so disappointed with our stopover in Lima as we are not going to see anything much except for the bus ride from the airport to our hotel and back to the airport. Our only bit of sightseeing was an evening walk through Barranco. It was cold and wet, but we persevered so we could at least see something this city has to offer. It appears that Barranco comes alive of an evening as people are out and about wining and dining. This is Lima's arty, bohemian neighb...