The morning after Huchuy Cusco would be our last one in the sacred valley. Before heading back to Cuzco, we got up early to see the Pisac Ruins. We got a ride to the upper entrance around sunrise and walked back down into town via the ruins.
Intersection in the town, with rain gutters and local dog.
Pisac is really more like several small complexes connected by terraces and paths. The various sub-areas had military, civilian, and religious purposes. Here is the upper area.
More dudes doing excavation work.
A big gate guarding the path down to the sacred section of the complex.
Terraces shaped like claws.
The Inca enlarged a natural cave through the mountain at a point where it was too cliffy to build a path around.
A lower section of the ruins.
Rosie on her way down to the sacred Intihuatana area.
Most of the Intihuatana itself was chopped off in the middle of the night at some point in the last 15 years or so by looters--no telling where it is now. The remains are visible below on the flat altar.
A beautiful curved wall around the Pisac intihuatana, very reminiscent of MP's Torreon.
View of the sacred area.
Rosie on her way down to the town.
After getting down to the town, we got our stuff from the hostel and found a bus to Cuzco.
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