Throughout the day when you return to your hotel in Cusco, and I think this is true at all the hotels, you will be presented with a tea made from coca leaves, mate de coca, meant as an antidote to altitude sickness. And maybe it even works because I was entirely fine. So drink the tea! Just, according to the US Embassy don’t bring any of it home!
I very much enjoyed everything about Cusco – the gracious buildings, the colorful gardens and shops, the gorgeous surrounding mountains and the whole scene of travelers on the move.
However at some point I was aggressively approached by street vendors just one too many times and I had to give up any hope of souvenir shopping.