After Machu Picchu we had another day in Cusco to look around. We went horse riding in the morning which was fun. The horses knew where to go, and were reluctant to go anywhere else. The most I could encourage mine to do was walk on the other side of the path. Exciting.
On our horse ride we went past a bunch of ruins, and had some views of parts of the city too. Sometimes we could see both at once…
After the horse riding we went to a few churches in town that we had passes for. They were fairly typical I think, with Spanish construction over top of the old Inca stonework. This is one way the Spanish insinuated Christianity into the local culture, by putting churches on the local sacred sites. I think in many cases the Inca stonework was rather better than the new Spanish stuff.
Finally, we sat around the main square, where I took yet more photos…
The rest of the photos are here.
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