Halloween

The talk of the town for the 31st was Halloween, and especially the party being thrown at our hostel. Being a very professional affair everyone decided to get some serious costumes prepared, which entailed a visit to the markets and second hand clothing shops of Cusco. Walking around the shops we learnt some interesting new vocab, including the words for "wig, white dress, veil, face-paint and bolts" (see below photos for end results).

Before getting ready some final touches were required and the excitement of Cusco at Halloween was revealed, with fire works and hundreds of kids chanting "Halloween" in order to get sweets from the shop keepers.

After the messy business of getting ready, we were not let down by the excellent party with lots of comedy costumes, banging house music and drinking. By sunrise the energy had left us and we had to pass out leaving some crazy ghosts going for it after 7am.

After a rather large week we decided to check into a 'normal' hotel and get some much needed rest prior to the Inca Trail, phew...