Cusco – Day 11 Inca Ruins on horseback
I met up with another student from the school at 0830 for a tour of the ruins just outside cusco on horseback. We went to several temples, ceromonial centers, baths and rode in the backcountry, it was impressive. Of course the horse guides were small children and this being my third time on one of the beastsm I doubt they could help me if it decided to run. The other student was from France so we spoke only spanish the whole day which was exhausting and a bit frustrating at times.
We went to Saqsaywaman, an impressive Incan complex with stones twice the size of me. THe temple of the moon, yet another building where on the 21 of June the moon light enters a chamber. Afterwards, I toured the city, San Blas. THe Incans were great architects and did not use mortar, their stones fit together perfectly, in one example in the city there is a stone cut with 12 angles just to fit in perfectly. The spanish destroyed most of their works to use the stones but the while the spanish structures had not withstood the frequent earthquakes, the Incan buildings have. I walked home and had a good meal at the casa.
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