After sitting down for a nice dinner, pizza topped with alpaca meat, we wandered around the plaza until the sun began to set. The rainbow flag flying high above the plaza is the official flag of Cuzco, which supposedly has its roots during...
With the main Inti Raymi ceremony over we walked back towards the city. While heading down the curvy road we encountered quite a few people selling goods and local cuisine. One of my favorite things about walking around Cuzco is seeing all the...
Upon arriving at the entrance to Saqsaywaman we followed the festival participants towards the main plaza. The Inti Raymi, “Festival of the Sun”, was a religious ceremony of the Inca Empire in honor of the god Inti, one of the most venerated gods...
Waking up early I decided to take a morning walk around the Plaza San Francisco. The plaza was bustling in anticipation of the Inti Raymi festivities, the Incan festival in honor of the sun god (more about this later). After my walk I headed back...
