Cusco part two.

~ Sean Rahui

Gosh this is all becoming a bit of a blur.

Today in Cusco a walking tour of some of the Inca Sites was arranged. About 8km , mostly downhill. It’s kinda hard to get your head around how this was all constructed..

But before we left I decided to find a local supermarket, and I stumbled on a local market. God I love those finds. This was no disappointment…

Then it was off up into the hills where we saw a variety of sites starting with Tsmbomachay , a ceremonial site followed by Pukapukara ( sounds rather Māori right?) pukapukara was a lookout zone.. getting great views in all directions, handy for warnings of unwanted visitors!

We got a public bus instead of walking and it was really fun. Something you would never do without a guide
This site whose name I forget featured an underground sacrificial altar! Apparently only animals. But this was creepy!
This being the final site which was massive. A huge round reservoir , perfectly round. Connected to underground tunnels that still have not been fully explored!
Just to try and give some scale. This was massive!
Some natural stone slides on site too!
The obligatory selfie
And then a walk downhill back into Cusco

It was quite a walk about 8km all up and while it was not hot, the sun is very strong and I did miss a few spots with the sunscreen. Back to the hotel- and dinner before hitting the hay… gosh only half way through this particular tour and it’s full on! But would I have ever been able to do this independently. Highly unlikely!

I should probably apologise in advance for typos etc, eventually I’ll edit and get this printed as a photo book.. but writing this on my phone is not that easy! But I’m getting there and staying on top! For now at least.