We've been in Cusco for just over a day and walked about 10 miles. Plaza de Armas is usually the center of our forays but we've also been to Plaza San Blas and San Pedro. San Pedro is home to a massive market with trinkets, flowers, every part of a slaughtered animal (the snouts were a new thing for me), foods stalls with soups and smoothies. It was reminiscent of our favorite market in Kaohsiung.

San Pedro market

We visited both the Precolumbian and the Inka Museums, which were pretty much the same thing, but both interesting enough. My favorite exhibits were, naturally, the textiles. There was a piece of woven cloth in one exhibit purported to be from 800 BCE.

An Inca wall at our hotel

I've had the chance to watch a number of women weaving on blackstrap looms, which has been fascinating. The intricacy of many of the designs is awe inspiring. All from a two shed loom (with a lot of pick-up work). Makes me want to take a workshop and really learn the process.

Tomorrow we're going to hire a taxi to take us to Cinchero, about 45 minutes out of the city, to see a weaving studio and hopefully see the process from alpaca to cloth.