Peru!

I left New York at 11pm.  At 2am, we turned our clocks back.  So, when I arrived in Lima, I hadn't changed time zones, which was awesome because I was very, very tired.

In Lima, I met up with my aunt Bonnie and we got on a plane to Cuzco.  All in all, travel time was about 11 hrs.  Bleh.

Cuzco sits at just over 11,000 ft.  That is very tall.  It has a population of close to 400,000 people.  It used to be the capital of the Incan Empire.  It is still the capital of Peru.  The Incan Qusqu was built in the shape of a puma (a sacred animal) by the emperor Inca Pachacuti.

We stayed at the Hotel Monasterio.  It used to be a monastery and is gorgeous.  It was a fantastic place to stay.  When we got into town they greeted us with Coca Tea, which is used to help combat altitude sickness.