Blanche researches the altitude, keeps a protocol, follows it, and still finds the altitude humbling in a way she considers character building. Machu Picchu gives her a quality of silence she has not met anywhere else. Hazel evaluates the coca tea on pharmacological grounds before drinking it, finds the alkaloid content defensible for altitude, and says so with complete seriousness.
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Hotels and Stays
Belmond Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge, the most extraordinarily located hotel
Belmond Palacio Nazarenas, in Cusco
Experiences
The altitude arc
The coca tea evaluation
The Machu Picchu silence
The Belmond Hiram Bingham train
The Cusco market
Restaurants and Cafes
Lima, one of the great food scenes in the world
Pisco, on production quality
Ceviche
Planning
LATAM business class from a US hub, then the train to Aguas Calientes
