Pics or it didn't happen

This is a typical street in cusco, right outside our hotel actually.

 This is my dinner from a couple of nights ago. That ain't chicken

  These are some horizon shots around cusco, the last two are taken from an Incan temple in the city. I have no idea how our tour guide remembered its name, cause that bad boy had more syllables than an Ivy league application essay

 This is a blurry shot from a concert that we stumbled into late two nights ago. We were wandering around cusco late at night, heard music coming from a church, and poked our heads in to find the Cusco symphony.

 This is Peruvian mountain terrain. Sidenote: the altitude here in Cusco is about 12000 ft. That is more than a third of the height of everest. I think. I don't really do fact checking in these posts. If someone wants to call me out, they'll have to leave a comment, thereby legitimizing my blog (confirming that it does, in fact, have readers)

 OH! OH! I know those people!!!! Thats me, Chong, and Helena. Woot woot!

 Coca tea: a cup made with one gram of leaves contains about 4.21 mg of cocaine. Tasty stuff, and it has about the same stimulant effect as coffee. As the nice doctor at princeton told us, coca tea is fine, just don't masticate.

 A very nice catholic cathedral built over what I imagine was a much nicer Inca temple. Imperialisim: The Horror, the horror.

 This one survived though, this is a window from an Incan ruin. The stones were carved so perfectly that they use no mortar, and these walls survived earthquakes that destroyed most Spanish structures.

 Super pretty fountain we found late at night in Cusco!

 Coca leaves! Peru produces quite a lot of cocaine, but these leaves would need a lot of refinement first. DON'T MASTICATE!

 The center of the courtyard at an Incan Temple.

 Me in a silly hat. The brother to this hat, named Jerry, went home with Helena. They seem very happy together.

This is the center courtyard at our hotel. The sun here is very intense, but the air is actually pretty chilly. SO MANY LAYERS

Anyhow, this is the first picture update. I'll probably have more in the future. In fact, I promise that if you come back, you will eventually see something cute, either
a) a goat
b) a baby alpaca
c) me sticking my tongue out
d) Babies