Saqsaywaman and beyond!

Yesterday we went to Saqsaywaman, the ruins above Cusco near the white jesus, with our class. It was awesome, and so beautiful! We went to the moon temple, which was a huge rock that was used for religious purposes. We walked around, and it was currently being excavated as an archeological site, so we couldn't go into all of it. There was tons of fields of straw and some horses and it was so pretty! I will put up pictures later. We walked around the inca trail that is on that part and just enjoyed the day! 

It was funny because we were waiting to get into the sacrificial cave and we realized people were smoking pot in there. We were kind of upset because it was very disrespectful, so we walked away. We were walking over the cave on top of the big rocks and we found a hole that let light into the cave... and I just happened to have a bottle of a water... and I may have poured it down the hole.... hmmm to teach them a lesson, it was great! We walked around for a while more and found a puma, a snake and a condor etched into the stone.

This morning we went to Evelitas school, called Jardin, and watched her do a traditional dance to celebrate one of the catholic saints. It was adorable, the 3-6 year olds all had sweet costumes and some of the little boys were dressed up like llamas. They did a great job, pictures to come later. Tonight we are taking a Salsa class and getting ready to say goodbye to my friend Elena. She has been here since January but with the phones and cell phones and all those other issues I only hung out with her once. She has finals so we are going to go watch a band and say our goodbyes. She is off the jungle and I am off to Lake Titicaca. Hasta luego! Side note - the fruit here is crazy. I've had "tuna" which is a fruit from a cactus which is like watermelon only way better and then this passion fruit type thing that you eat the nector and seeds out of the middle. I can't explain it... but I like it. 

I miss  you all! I think I fixed the set-up so try and leave a comment! and don't forget ideas for the dinner! we only have two weeks left in cusco! :)

marcy