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So much Inca stuff

18 Jun – 23 Jun, 2005

In and around Cusco. Loads of cramped local buses. Every set of ruins seems to offer something different.

The sheer size of the blocks and the distances they were moved: Ollantaytambo.

Salt extraction site (still in use): Salinas near Urubambo.

Crop climate testing terraces: Moray.

Yet another great view, and some excellent stone masonry: Pisac.

Inca ruins incorporated into the church: Chinchero.

Working aqueducts: Tipon.

Fort like structure: Puca Pucara.

Carved rocks and sacrificial sites: Quenko.

Some of the biggest fitted stones imaginable: Sacsayhuamán.

Inca Pisac
Inca Pisac.

Inca Pisac
Perfect stonework at Inca Pisac.

Sacsayhuaman
At Sacsayhuamán with Juan (Argentina) and Iosu (Spain).

As if all this sounds like a lot we also found time for other things. Went to a town called San Jose de Urco for a festival of cuy. That’s “guinea pig” as we gringoes call them. Live ones on one side of the square, and barbecued, roasted, or stewed on the other. If we tell you what they taste like, then that would be an admission of guilt, wouldn’t it.

All the while, catching some of the pre “Inti Raymi” festivities in Cusco.

Cusco

Cusco

Cusco
Stacks On!!!!!!



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