Today was a lighter day as we only had two activities. Nonetheless, we still had a three hour bus ride to start. First up was Sacred Valley. It was beautiful, like all of the other sites that we have seen that were tucked into the mountains. We were surrounded by the towering Andes, and despite grey skies, the view from the top was simply unforgettable. Fun fact: they call Sacred Valley sacred for its fertile soil, river and ideal climate. Also, it has over tens of thousands tombs, which are now only full of small bones after the Spanish ransacked them and stole all of the valuables that the Incans were buried with.
After Sacred Valley, we had a huge buffet lunch. All of the options were traditional Peruvian dishes, which was great to try new things. Infant, on of these meals was alpaca, which I tried. Honestly, it was a tougher meat that tasted just like the beef in beef stew. Unfortunately, they didn’t have cut so I was not able to try it (see Mom I’m not that terrible after all). After lunch, we went down to the garden next to the river. Here, there was an alpaca and llama just chilling. We took pictures and played with them, and yes, I did feel some remorse for my earlier actions. Og well, I got over it.
We boarded the bus once again and headed to the Templ of the Sun. Stairs. There were so many stairs, which were especially difficult to maneuver in the high altitude. Once we achieved the impressive goal of reaching the summit, we took the obligatory group photos and polaroids of the stunning view, then headed back down.
Once we got back, we had a low-key night in order to prep for Machu Picchu tomorrow!
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