First week in Cuzco

After just five days in Cuzco I have fallen in love with the city. The city sits around 11,200 feet above sea-level and is surrounded by mountains on every side of it. The mountainside are filled with houses, ruins, wildlife and scenic hikes. The city itself is an old Incan capital and has Incan and Spanish ruins throughout the city. The architecture is phenomenal as many of the buildings are built with stone, and one can only imagine how stenuous that would have become to build. One could have spent his whole life building one of the churches or old government buildings and died before it was completed. Some of the most beautiful churches in South America surround the Plaza De Armas and directly across the street from the Volunteer head quarters is an old Incan stone government building that used to have gold surrounding it. When the Spanish arrived they built an ugly white addition to the building and stole all the gold, imagine that!

As for me I live in a Volunteer house with about 10 other volunteers or international students at the moment from Australia, Chile, New Zealand, England and a few from elsewhere in the states. The city has tons of clubs and some great food,although much of the food is quite different from anything I am used to, I can't wait to try some Cuy (Guinea Pig)!