Great weather, great food, great city.....

Cusco is a beautiful city and on first impressions it's going to more than make up for the relative disappointments of Banos, Alausi and Cuenca.

We've been spoilt with the weather, for the past three days Cusco has been bathed in sunshine with temperature up in the mid to high 20's.

 La Catedral, Plaza de Armas

The main square has lots of outside seating areas, typically balconies of the bars, restaurants and cafes - great vantage points for people watching and of course our customary pre-dinner Pisco Sour - which is fast becoming our cocktail of choice. There's a fantastic selection of restaurants here, I think my favourite meal so far in Cusco was at Uchu; shrimp & Maracuya ceviche followed by Alpaca steak cooked on a stone (it was so soft, almost like butter) and served with chilli & peanut mashed potato - gorgeous!

During the day the square and the streets off of it are all bustling with tourists and traders, after 6pm I don't know why but it takes on a distinctly Christmassy feel.

Cusco at night

This city is going to keep us busy and I know that we're going to love it.

Raine x