Sacsayhuaman

Located on a hill overlooking the city of Cusco are a string of ruins. The first is Sacsayhuaman

which was the originall fortress of the city. During the Inca´s time the city of Cusco was layed out like the body of a puma with the fortress of Sacsayhuaman as the head. The site is pretty incredible, some of the rocks way as much as 300 tons. The next ruin on the road was Qenko. THis is a large rock that the Inca´s carved into stairs and chairs for the nobels to sit. They are not sure exactly the purpose of this site, but one theory is that of ritual offerings. Next, and quite a bit away is Puca Pucara. To get to this site you need to walk a couple of miles on the road. If you have ever driven in Peru or South America, you know that it is not the best place to be caught walking. However, the only problem I had was a car pulled over and a little kid spraid me with silly string. The site of Puca Pucara itself is not that amazing, but it sits over the valley with an amazing view to have lunch. The last stop was Tambo Machay. This is a very small site, but still has a running fountain that is feed by a mountain spring. I made the entire trip with another student at the school from named Virginie. She was good company during the route.

Cusco, Peru