Adam’s weekend

The weekend was awesome! Sadly Mrs Perez is sick and couldn’t come with us on Saturday or Sunday so Mrs Socorro took us herself.

Saturday we went on a hike and visited Incan ruins near Cusco, traveling via horseback. The horses I rode weren’t incredibly well behaved however, so I ended up needing to be led by one of the guides, but it was still incredibly fun. The views were incredible! Our main tour guide Saul also taught us a lot about the Incan culture and history while showing us the many ruins we saw.

On Sunday we took a long bus ride to the sacred valley of the incas. We first got to pet and feed llamas and alpacas, and then went to go see breathtaking views and beautiful Incan ruins that were much farther from cusco than those we saw on Saturday. It was a tiring morning, but we went to a restaurant and had a delicious buffet for lunch which was fantastic (as Nate said to me it felt like one of those nice hotel restaurant places people go to on Survivor when they win a game). One of the most amazing things of the day for me was all the views we had of glaciers on top of the tallest mountains. I felt like I could’ve looked at those glaciers all day long. Those glaciers are still sacred for the Andean people of the highlands, just as they were for the Incan culture. I took so many photos on my camera, I can’t wait to see how they turn out when I get to upload them on my computer at home.

One more school week and then we get to go to the inca trail!