FIRST, some follow-ups:
\n-like most (all) of my ideas, the inca wall puzzle does exist.
\n-bembo’s wouldn’t sell me a hat. my brother prob could have schmoozed his way into getting a hat….but the best i could get was a job application<\/p>\n
TODAY, i walked all around cusco. it’s a cool little city….with tons of narrow winding stone passages. it’s a fun place to wander around for a day. humans are lazy, with differing consequences. on the plus side, cusco has a cool mix of incan, spanish and modern architecture (it’s easier to build on or around the old stuff). on the down side, people pee in many of the alleys so it smells.<\/p>\n
FLAGS. tomorrow is peru’s independence day; apparently, it’s also national law that all buildings must display the peruvian flag. so the streets are filled with peruvian flags (which look surprisingly similar to canadian flags). I’m not sure which came first, but cusco’s flag is identical to the homosexual rainbow flag…coincidence?<\/p>\n
THEATER. this evening, i checked out kusikay. it was actually surprisingly entertaining…full of acrobats, comedy, dancing, audience interaction….and no speaking. it wasn’t as polished as a similar program might be in san francisco, but it was still well done.<\/p>\n
PICS:
\n+this is the second country (el salvador) where i’ve seen barbed wire placed at human level to protect a shitty little grass patch…seems dangerous and a waste of money to protect some dried up grass.
\n+another cool inca wall in the middle of the city.
\n+cuzco from above (taken from the ‘christ the redeemer’ statue, which is apparently not just limited to rio)
\n+a cool little [hippie] park in cuzco<\/p>\n\n\t\t