Erin & Regan's South American Adventure
Cusco wanderings
We started our day by going for a wander up to San Cristobal church, on the way there we passed some inca stone work (the ground floor of many buildings in Cusco are inca stonework). We were prohibited from taking photos of the interior of San Cristobal, and its exterior is not all that interesting.
On the way to the church we saw these interesting Inca rock walls, now part of a hostel you can stay in.
At San Cristobal there are twelve niches like this one. This wall supposedly forms the base of one wall of an Incan palace.
The local people lead llama around the place for tourists to have a photo with them, we stole this photo when they were not looking. You can see Cusco in the background.
One of the more expensive hotels in the city (we are not staying here) uses this cool looking doorway as its main entrance.
The famous 12 sided/pointed rock. This rock was the keystone of the original Incan building, it is 2 metres deep. The other stones are only 1 metre at most.
Some interesting city works. These poles appear to be preventing the collapse of a wall/building.
The plaza near to our hostel has the faces of the mythical founders of Cusco, Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo.
An interesting fountain on one of the main avenues.
A church built on the Incan ruins called Qorikancha. We are going to see this tomorrow.
Matewai: Hey you two, Those mummies are just too freaky!! Otherwise the photos are amazing. Take care guys lots of love :) Matewai (10/18/06)
Sue And Tom: Just love all that stone work. Tom finds the keystones fascinating. Have a great day tomorrow, think of us all at work, getting there through wind and rain. There was snow on the ranges twice this week! I was in Wellington today, blowing a gale and freezing cold, you'll be glad to know. Looks warm over there! (10/19/06)