Today we got the train from Aquas Calientes back to Ollantaytambo then a couple hours coach back to Cusco, with views along the way. Apparently we arrived in Cusco during a week of festivals with our hotel right in the center of the city – so exciting but busy!

















From our hotel we walked to Qorikancha, an Inca “temple of the Sun” but with a Spanish church rudely dumped on top of it! Luckily some of the original walls remain …























Artwork and interpretations in the temple hint at Inca meanings of their sky views:



Returning to the hotel we again passed festival celebrations:


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