Sun temple. On Dec 21, the sun shines directly from Sun Gate through window - perfect rectangle.

The houses were often 2-story, where you could enter on either terrace level.

Agricultural terraces are at all Incan ruins. Bottom large stones, then gravel, then sand (drainage)

amazing how perfectly the stone was carved into a step

Machu Picchu!

2022年6月18日, ペルー ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F

This was "Day 2" of our Inca Trail Trek. So we arrived at the Sun Gate overlooking MP on Day 1 but couldn't enter. We took a bus down to the town of Aguas Caliente to stay the night. Next AM early we came back up for a tour with Luis and were there a couple of hours or so. Beautiful weather! Of course it goes without saying, very impressive place! I think the thing that is most spectacular isn't really the ruins (although yes they are, but we've seen a lot of very cool Incan ruins) but the location. It is just beyond me how/why anyone would ever build in such a remote and difficult location. Apparently the common folk had to come work here on the agricultural terraces (a few weeks or months/year??) as a way of paying taxes to the empire. They had a school for boys here as well as homes, grain storage and the sun temple.もっと詳しく

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