FROM MY EYES TO YOUR YOUR SCREEN

 In this post I will eventually add links to all the sites we visited. 

 This is just a dump of food pictures. Quinoa is used alot in soups and other dishes. This was the pit our food was cooked in for one lunch. The tea station at.one hotel I thought this was cute!

The Group After spending 6 days together we got to know our 18 fellow travelers better. Alyson - Alyson was the lady who talked constantly.  After awhile you got used to it. She talked to anyone and everyone and wore her Santa hat whenever she could. She was retired military currenly living in Nevada and she was planning on relocating to the Philippines. Memorable quote when arriving ar our Hotel in Lima "have you ever stayed in a 5 star hotel?". The Kazakhstans - This was a father and son duo who spoke no English. Everyone communicated with them using Google translate.  The guides would record important information and play it back in Russian for them. The father had won a gold medal for weightlifting and had a family business making sausage in Kazakhstan.  They appeared to travel alot and have an Alaskan cruise out of Vancouver booked. I recommended they check out doing the Rocky Mountainer train through the Rockies. Memorable  quote "Da" David and Camilla - this ...

This post will be about some of the sites we visited during our 6 day tour. There were many other sites we visited that are not described here. Sacsayhuaman Sascsayhuaman (sounds like sexy woman) is a UNESCO world heritage site near Cusco that is 3700 m.a.s.l. Construction began in 1350 and took 90 years to complete. Most of the stones were removed and used at other sites over the years. The majority of those remaining were too large to move. The Inti Raymo ceremony is still celebrated here. Ollantaytambo  Ollantaytambo was a well established city in Inca times.  The city is still inhabited and is considered the only living Inca city in South America. The site has a large temple that was built for worshipping the sun. The temple was never finished (the Spanish attacked) and because of that how the how the large boulders were moved is revealed. The trail from the quarry to the temple has stones as large as 80 tons that were in the process of being moved. Pat at the top of the S...