Today was our last full day in Cusco before we leave for our 5 day trip on the Inca Trail. We did some relaxing this morning before we went on our city tour.
The city tour took us to the large church in the main square. Very impressive but they wouldn´t let us take pictures inside so you will have to just get by with our descriptions. It was very large, I think they said they could have mass for 500 people 5 times a day and that is only in the main part of the church. The church is built in the shape of a cross, so that only includes the center part of the church. The alter is a huge, very spanish influenced gilded structure. I would guess it was about 100 feet tall about about 40 feet wide. A little much for us but still very impressive. There were over 400 painting in the church. The reason for so many paitings was they were used as a teaching tool since none of the natives could read the bible.
We then went to Saqsaywaman (¨Sexy Woman¨). This is a huge Inca ruin not far from the center of town. We saw some of the largest building rocks used in this ruin, weighing about 600 metric tons. Lets just say they were HUGE. This was the largest of the ruins close to Cusco and the largest of our tour today.
We went to a few other smaller ruins but basically just stopped long enough for people to snap a few pictures and walk around a bit.
This evening we met with our guide, got all the info we needed for our trek and are about to go pack. We will be leaving at 9 am and we will be gone for 5 days. We will have one more night in Cusco before we catch our plain to Colombia.
Until we return from our trek, enjoy
Rick and Jeanne
PS - I even got Rick to do a little shopping with me today :-)
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