Introduction to Ancient Inca

After breakfast overlooking Cusco and the mountains from the stunning terrace, we made our way up to “Saqsaywaman” (unfortunately nothing to do with Sexy women as the name suggests!!).
Ended up buying a ticket en route instead that gained us entry to 4 fabulous ancient sites (and taxi transfer between). Quenqo , Puka Pukara, Tambotamchy and Saqsaywaman - a beautiful array of temples and Inca ruins with amazing views across the city and mountains.

In trying to plan a self guided visit to see Rainbow Mountain after the trek, we then tried to find the bus stop. The bus system is an absolute chaotic enigma (see photo for “bus timetable” I.e a blank frame). It was a long slog in the heat, and employing our best google-translate Spanish, we were unsuccessful so decided to get some lunch and evaluate after.

Food choices today could have been “baked Guinea pig” or “alpaca sandwich”, but instead opted for quinoa soup (squash soup for Rach) at Jack’s, then onto find San Pedro Market. A lively hub of hustle and bustle selling colourful garments, pan pipes, street food and everything in between!

At 5.00 we had our pre-trek briefing (very exciting!!) It’s going to be 80km over 5 days cumulating in Maccu Picchu - more on that as it unfolds... We then tried to find some veggie food. After almost 29,000 steps AGAIN we were exhausted, and accepted that empanadas are never veggie here. We found a cafe to grab a sandwich, then headed back to pack and shower - our guide Felix is picking us up at 4.10am tomorrow! Wi-Fi will be limited on the route, so will be updating more footprints on our return 😊Read more