Beep Beep Cusco Peru

I’m cutting through one of the side streets, or more accurately a footpath between buildings and at the end of the walkway I find my path blocked by three women in traditional native dress and their llama or their alpaca, I’m not sure which as I haven’t learned to differentiate a llama from an alpaca. Anyway, the point here is that it is quite common to see women in traditional dress in Cusco. They are everywhere. They always seem to have their hats, their bundle and their leggings. I find them to be very interesting. I understand that those people who live in and around Cusco and dress traditionally can speak Spanish. I also understand that once a person goes into the rural areas many traditional people do not speak Spanish. What do they speak? I’m not sure…