Cusco and Chincero, Peru
We spent 4 nights in Cusco and the Sacred Valley before flying back home. This visit was our second to cusco and we thought that we might get bored there. Fortunately, we found plenty of interesting things to see in the Cusco area that we didn't visit the last time. Instead of squeezing all the usual Sacred Valley stops like Chincero in a single day, we took the local buses to the towns and wandered around at our leisure. Having a flexible itinerary meant that we saw much more of the Sacred Valley at a cheaper rate than a single-day organized tour.
In Cusco, we stayed at the same hostal that we stayed at 2 years ago, Hostal Marani (Carmen Alto 194 Tel: 249462). Marani was better than we remembered because they renovated and extended the hostal earlier in 2006. We ran into Tom and Anna in Marani and it was fun catching up with our travels. Our first day was spent in Chincero, where we had a good time wandering around the market and Inca ruins.
