We left Denver mid afternoon on July 26 for a flight to Cusco, Peru via 1st Dallasm then Miami and
then Lima, Peru. The flight out of Miami was delayed several hours so we spent the wee hours of
the morning on the airport floor in Miami and then arrived in Lima a few hours behind schedule.
Finding our way through customs and the Lima airport was a big challenge for a few of us... some of
us lost our guide... some of us lost items to the customs officials... but we ended up leaving only a
few hours behind schedule and arrived in Cusco close to noon. Rhea had arranged for 'Fransisco',
an english speaking guide, to transport us from airport to hotel. It took two small vans to haul us
and all our luggage to the hotel. We arrived at mid afternoon in good spirits... 24 hours! The hotel,
the Rumi Kuki(editor please?) was a very nice old hotel... walled off from the narrow streets of
Cusco with only a small, iron gated, portal to an small inner courtyard. Most of the rooms of the 2
story hotel surrounded this courtyard. Amazing also that most of the buildings in the city are
actually built on old incan foundations which can still be seen. Shortly after settling into our rooms
we regrouped and headed to a favorite restaurant of Rheas for a dinner of alpaca and multiple varieties of potatos and
corn. And... the countries favorite, pisco sours... a small, very potent drink that is similar to a
margarita but features the local hard liquor of choice, pisco. The next day found us on a morning tour
of the town and an inca ruins on the edge of town.
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