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Streets of Cusco

A narrow alley with stairs between white buildings with terracotta roofs and pottet plants at their walls A dog wearing a pink fleece jacket, lying on a door step We started our journey in Cusco. The center of the former Inka capital is full of historic buildings, narrow streets and sleepy dogs.

View over the red roofs of Cusco with Andean mountains visible in the background View up a hill reaching into the clouds, full of Peruvian buildings with street lights visible between them It's also surrounded by some ancient ruins and the Andes of course, meaning there's no lack of places to look over the roofs of the city.

The rusty roof of Cusco's Mercado San Pedro next to a busy cobble-stone street with people and cars A major hotspot is the Mercado San Pedro, a market offering everything from fresh fruit juice over colourful sweatshirts and bread to raw meat.

A red VW Beetle parked in a dead end between houses with a graffiti and wires traversing up in the air Among the rather busy traffic, an remarkably high number of old Volkswagen can be found. According to Wikipedia, in Latin America the model has been built until 2003.