Very friendly staff helpful at breakfast. I should have guessed that “natural milk” meant yoghurt but I didn’t. Sorry for the wasted cereals.

Elvira patched me up a little better and then we set off for Chinchero. Inca skill is evident in many places, the channels for leading water, the jigsaw like Inca walls (a different style called pillow as the rocks aren’t left flat). We nipped into a Catholic church under repair built over an Inca sacred site - the service had pop like music, it was for the younger set. On some of the house roofs are a pair of oxen with a bowl - a remnant of when Inca houses would contain something similar to give thanks to the Earth God.

The Inca temple site is huge, it must have taken years to build up the foundations and supporting terraces. On the open grass people had left out potatoes overnight to freeze - in the morning they can be prepared and have a different taste. I was taken to the lively market selling both food and textiles. A vast range of fruit and vegetables (and also different popcorn). We got popcorn which is quite different to what one might have in a cinema back home, natural. Elvira helped me buy some textiles to take back home, I was very grateful for her help.

In the afternoon walked to the main square to see a little of the Cusco celebrations this month, and failed to attract any attention at the Tunupa Restaurant. Qosqo De Arte is not doing any shows but with the dancing in the main square that’s even better? A very noisy night must remember to get a white noise on the phone perhaps?