After breakfast we walked to the Temple of the Sun, which was one of the only partially remaing temple as all the other ones were destroyed by the Spanish.
The tour was a real insight into the Inca building skills and technology.
Then on to Cusco cathedral. It was huge and although OTT it was the most impressive that we had seen. We saw the famous silver altar and last supper picture.
We drove into the sacred valley and on the way stopped at another Inca site. They built incredible structure which withstood earthquakes and without using the wheel.
Our next stop was a marvellous project to preserve the skills of local communities in maintaining their crafts and to encourage them to stay in that region rather than going to work in Cusco. We fed lamas and alpacas.
Before lunch we visited a wonderful market at Pisac at the start of the Sacred Valley.
The scenery was so much more dramatic, greener and ferile.
We reached our hotel for lunch at 3pm !!! We are getting used to this now !!
In the evening we studied the stars in an observatory and planetarium in the hotel.
Tomorrow is the culmination of our journey Machu Picchu !!!!
