Today, we started at 5 am to catch a plane to Cusco. This was the first time that we caught a plane within a trip that I can remember, but it is a lot better then taking the 24+ hour drive to reach Cusco. Lima and Cusco are about the same distance from Detroit to Chicago. Can anyone tell why it takes 24 hours to get from Lima to Cusco?? Our plane ride was very nice, and very short, about an hour over the Andie Mountains
Once we arrived in Cusco, we were off on our tour of the ruins, we visited Ollantaytambo. These ruins have great accomplishment for the Inca, because it is home to one of the greatest victories against the Spaniards. On this journey to these ruins, we had the great opportunity to visit a Peruvian school. We visited a third grade class and donated pencils, crayons, markers and coloring books. The children ere so appreciative of the school supplies. It was greatly needed for these students who live in a very poor area in the Inca valley. The visit also allowed some of our students to use the Spanish that they have been learning in school. It was really great how our students interacted with the third grade students that we visited. We were at the school for about an hour, but it was an hour that our students as well as the Peruvian students will never forget. After our visit to the school we enjoyed lunch and then headed off to the ruins. It was quite a long bus ride to the ruins through the mountains, valleys and steep hills. Some of us began to get a little motion sickness from the movement and I think the change of altitude really didn't help us to much. Once, we arrived at the ruins, it was amazing, but very rainy and cold. The temperature change was pretty dramatic from our days in Lima to what we experienced in the Inca Valley. We had the great opportunity to climb the Inca ruins and see how this magnificent civilization built these amazing communities in the mountains. It still makes me wonder how they achieved these accomplishments with the lack of technology or that we think they have a lack of technology. We also found out on this journey that a few of us are extremely afraid of heights and I am proud to say it wasn't this blogger this time. After our visit of the ruins, it was a long painful journey back to Cusco. It was also a very long day for us, so we hit the sack very quickly. We also have a very early wake-up of 4am tomorrow to head to Machu Picchu. More Soon!!!
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