So there are gay flags all over the little town of Machu Picchu. Or is the new label LGBT or NAMBLA or METROSEXUAL or BI-CURIOUS or FLAMING-PROVINCETOWN-PUNCH? .... Im so confused as to what the current correct name is...Its like my old grandma that still calls negros "colered".

So this little town is the stopping-over point for tours to Machu Picchu and only has hotels, massage parlors, and pizza resturants (20 of the 34 resturants here are pizzerias), although now I highly suspect a hidden enclave of antiques shops and showtune recordstores.  Assaulted with all the gay flags, I feel like I`m in the middle of a gayfest, like maybe South Beach on Babs birthday or Castro on any day ending in "y". Well, except for the suspiciously large percentage of Peruvians here. And no guys making out. 

Ok so the rainbow flag really is the Inca flag and the gay movement "stole" it. Or is that just what they want us to think? Truth will be told tonight...

On a very non-gay note, I was just in the thermal baths here and witnessed something kind of funny.
The other name of this town is Aguas Calientes, and the locals and tourists alike take a dip in the pools. As I was halfway done with my beer and looking down the andean valley, two average (by San Jose standards, not BsAs) 20something German girls stolled along the edge of the hot pool, and EVERYBODY rubbernecked...Im talking local men, little girls, old Japanese guys, the fat austrailian lady with swollen ankles (more about her later). Weird phenomenon. I thought they were really into white people with curves, so on my way out I took a little extra time and swayed the hips a little....you know, for the fans.

Oh so I was up at Machu Picchu today and its spectacular. Im going again in the morning.

Ive been keeping a journal on paper and when Im back in BsAs I`ll give the full highlights of the trip with pictures.  Also, more to come soon about my favourite tour partner, the fat australian lady with swollen ankles.