Sacsayhuamán is also noted for an extensive system of underground passages known as chincanas which connect the fortress to other Inca ruins within Cuzco. Several people have died after becoming lost while seeking a supposed treasure buried along the passages. This has led the city of Cuzco to block off the main entrance to the chincanas in Sacsayhuamán (too bad...)!
To really get inside, you have to pay, so instead we hiked up the mountains of Cusco and got a view of the backside. Eventually we'll take our girls on a cultural field trip there, and then I'll get the view from the inside.
Those walls are SOLID.
On our way up, we passed a mini-ruin (whose name is not coming to mind right this moment). They built this bench for us.
It was really sunny... excuse the eye squinting.
And here are some pics I took along the way...
Funky llamas...
El Cristo... we wouldn't be in South America without a big Jesus looking over us!
View from above of the main plaza in Cusco, Plaza de Armas
great post elise- looks incredible I gotta get out to south america someday - oh and george asked me to tell you write about food culture down there hes interested
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