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The hotel dates from the 16th century and was a monastery, so the rooms are a bit quirky.
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| Machu Picchu sign. |
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| Statue of Pachacútec. With condor, puma, and anaconda. |
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| Valley below Machu Picchu. |
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| Machu Picchu. |
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| Machu Picchu. |
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| Mountains. |
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| Room at Machu Picchu. |
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| Llamas at Machu Picchu. |
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| Machu Picchu. |
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| Machu Picchu. |
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| Machu Picchu. |
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| Machu Picchu. |
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| Machu Picchu. |
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| Machu Picchu. |
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| Machu Picchu. |
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| Machu Picchu. |
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| Trail to Machu Picchu. |
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| Trail. |
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| Switchbacks ascending Machu Picchu. |
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| Temple of the Condor. |
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| Temple of the Condor. |
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| Llama at Machu Picchu. |
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| Map. |
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| Hikers. |
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| Switchback seen from bus. |
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| Sumaq lunch: Causa Filled With Chicken Breast In Two Textures. Filled with avocado, topped with tartar of chicken, avocado sauce, ceviche sauce and crispy Panko chicken. |
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| Sumaq lunch: Mediterranean Fettucine With Andean Flavors. Stir-fried fettuccine with thin garlic slivers,
fresh tomatoes, basil a la julienne, Andean herbs, and extra virgin olive oil. |
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| Sumaq lunch: Chocolate Fondant. Hot chocolate volcano, with strawberry coulis and home-made vanilla ice cream. |
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| Decoration at Sumaq. |
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| Corn. |
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| Suspended hotel. |
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| Seen from van. |
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| Market seen from van. |
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| Entering Cusco. |
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| Cusco. |
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| Choco Museo. |
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| Chocolateria Manari. Looks like clothes from outside, but the table and some shelves to the right are filled with chocolate. Just bars and such, unfortunately, no bonbons/truffles/pralines. |
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| Qoru. |
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| Qoru. |
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| Belmond Monasterio bottle opener. It took forever to find this bottle opener because a designer had the swell idea of making it not look like a bottle opener. |
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