Saksaywaman

At 3,701 meters above sea level, towering over Cusco city, Saksaywaman was thought to serve primarily as a fortress for the Inca Empire.

saksaywaman

Inca walls

Inca construction is so precise, so well made, that to this day it is still impossible to even fit a piece of paper between two stones.

saksaywaman fortress

Like any Inca ruin, this site was quite impressive…massive stones cut perfectly to make giant walls, that would still be standing had the Spaniards not used the site basically as a quarry for new construction upon taking over Cusco. To get the above view, it was a decent climb that really got the heart pumping; chewing on coke leaves definitely helped.

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We learned that the easiest way to remember how to pronounce Saksaywaman was to think of it as “sexy woman”, so there’s also that.

And then, my favorite, the people.

Llamas and Peruvians

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