The Band

I spent most of the evening over Mandela's Lounge, sampling some of their more exotic cocktails. More often than not they came with a selection of blended fresh fruits. (By the way, passion fruit rocks!) Arturo was still learning the art, and Liska (quite the cocktail perfectionist) would dip a fresh straw in, sample the straw, and then invariably add more of something or other - usally alcoholic! (To be fair on Arturo, she would do the same with her own masterful creations.)

Later on they had a live band play in the bar. A mixture of western classics (with a white singer) with an Andean pan pipe slant...!? Actually it worked really well and even I was impressed! A couple of their hits include:

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Black Magic Woman - Fleetwood Mac

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Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd

See the photographs on the wall behind the band? They're from a mini exhibition Mandela's was hosting for a charity. It was a competition for local kids to take photos they though exemplified Cusco. You could order prints of the photos, money made going to kids charity which organised it. Yeah, I did the right thing and ordered a couple!

Posted by Steve Eynon