The Sacred Valley

HOLA! On August 8th, Erica and I went on a tour of the Sacred Valley in Cusco. We took a bus tour through the area which let us cover a lot of ground. The mountains were very beautiful with a river cutting through due to the melting glaciers that you can barely see on the peaks through the clouds. There were many Incan ruins that you could see cut into the sides of the mountains. We stopped at quite a few different places along the way. We saw the archeological sites of Pisac, Ollantaytambo, and Chincero. Not only were they very beautiful, but they all involved thousands of steps into the mountains. I enjoyed seeing and learning about the temples devoted to the sun god, as well as learning about their well-known symbol for earth that can be seen everywhere. For lunch we stopped and ate a Peruvian buffet which was quite delicious. I enjoyed talking with an art student and looking at his work, as well as playing finger puppets with some little girls on the bus. It was a long, eventful day and I enjoyed every minute of it, especially visiting the llamas.