Macchu Picchu y Valle sagrado

eu sou do brasil. Sao Paulo no Liberdade...

well that`s what i told to the taxi driver when i went to Moray (inca laboratory). I wasnt really sure to tell the truth because that taxi wasnt licensed. but it workd out really well. he believed in it. because everytime people think that i´m from Japan so i use that as my weapeon now (like aikido, hehe). Liberdade is the japanese district of sao paulo. you probably need to go back to 4 months ago when i was in Brasil.

but anyway i was going to tell you about the amazing machu Picchu. in Cusco, i met a muchacho from Chile and we decided to went to machu picchu together. we took probably the most economic option to go there. and that`s by taking the bus to Santa Maria and after that to hydro electrico. we arrived at hydro electrico at 17.00 -17.30 and we followed the rails to Agua Caliente. that was probably the most amazing walked ive ever had. with the light from the half moon we made our way to agua caliente and seen the mountain machu picchu lighten by the moon. AMAZING. really tired we arrived in agua caliente and after we bought our ticket we decided to go to sleep becaues the next day we need to walked up to the entrance of machu picchu. another amazing experience to see the sunrise on the lush vegetate valley. we ran to the entrance of wayna picchu (the hill back of machu picchu). because they only allowed 400 people/ day on that hill. so we climbed another hour an half to the top of that hill. but it was really worth it because the view over the whole sight is amazing. after that we (me, chileno y ecuatoriano)
walked our way back to the templo de la luna. made our way back through the jungle and after that took some picture of machu picchu and listen to the guide (for free :D, just sit around and listen to a guide when she / he explained things). So right now i know the difference in the inca architecture. Cusco the capital has alot of buildings with brilliantly cutted stones. that kind of stones were only used for the most sacred buildings or for the royals. machu picchu contained alot of building with stone and dirt mixed all together, which in theory it made machu picchu a place for the plebs. so it was actually a city for the commons. only the temple of the sun is beautifully made from cutted stone.

so after that when i visited a ruin of the incas i looked carefully for the stones and how they put it all together. which brought me to the sacred valley. My chilean companion decided to take the train (cheapest option $30 until up to $ 500) but i decided to walked back to hydro electrico. on my own it was less tiring and i made it much faster. but in santa teresa there was a road block of angry drivers (never had that problem in Bolivia) and in santa maria my bus was about 1 hour late... great. but i arrived in ollantaytambo and diced to spent a night there. the day after i walked around the ruins of ollantaytambo (the great walls of sun temple was great). and after that i went to urubamba, where my next destination was Moray. Moray is really interesting because it was actually an incan laboratory. its here where they experimentated with the maize to produce a better maize. inside the circulair terrace i could feel the different in atmosphere (how lower how colder), so it really had it`s own micro climate it was really amazing to see.

after Moray i went to Pisac (when someone cutted a pocket of my pants and took my alcohol, to wash hands, that i bought in La Paz for 1, 50 €). no respect for someone`s property... that`s the side that i hate here in Cusco. But anyway Moray is another great site in the sacred valley. i think it`s area is much bigger than machu picchu but it contains less building. But its amazing to walked around and discovered new ruins everytime... hey that part i haven`t seen, ooh another one i haven`t seen.

but now i`m back in Cusco. to stay another night and go to arequipa tomorrow, i still miss saqsaywaman, ruin with stones over 70 tons in weight !!!

Abrazo

Ch´