Recorriendo/Touring

Hello everyone, don't worry I'm still here! We have been doing some tours over the past two days and this morning we have our exams for school so I've been busy during the day with traveling and busy at night studying and doing homework. But now, as we get ready to head to school I figured I'd give you a few pictures and a brief update.

Saturday we had a half-day city tour of Cusco and its surrounding historical areas. Our stops detailed the different areas of the Incan Empire and their significance about 600 years ago. Sites ranged from temples to baths to areas of sacrifices to strongholds. The word Qosqo (Quechua for Cusco) means Navel and for the Inca the city represented the center of cosmos and hence their many monuments and buildings. Their construction was so advanced that their most significant structures could integrate rocks up to 7 tons without using one drop of cement. They hauled these gigantic rocks, a task which required the manpower of over 500 people, over mountains, across rivers, and then up mountains again to create their monuments and sacred structures. Here are some pictures of Saturday:





Saturday was pretty short and we came back from the trip around noon and went shopping for food again. My stomach was a bit messed up from some bad chinese food but the cereal I got was very good for my stomach and I'm doing well now.

Sunday was a much bigger trip and we did something similar except we ended up in the Valle Sagrada de los Incas/The Sacred Valley of the Incas. We stopped at many archeological sites and other interesting places there and got to climb very high monuments which was something I really liked. I got some awesome pictures there and at the Llama farm as well so here they are:





In between everything we got a free buffet lunch which was awesome and we got back safe and sound. I ended up studying and then running to bed so I can get some sleep for this Culture Test. I guess I have to go now though, so have a great day everyone!