In Cusco, joining up with VBT, hiking tour

We flew to Cusco two days ago to join up with Cousins Howard & Janet (from Long Island) as well as our VBT Hiking Group. This is a charming town, with crazy traffic as well. You take your life into your hands just crossing the street. The altitude is 11,000 feet, so we all feel it sometimes just climbing the stairs. Adrienne is only with us for two nights and took the train with a small group to Machu Pichu (she loved it and has since began her journey home on Saturday. We are touring Cusco city, the Inca ruins and hiking around the hillside.