A day @ the Sascayhuaman (Sexy Woman) Ruins

These are pictures of our day out at the Sascayhuaman (pronounced Sexy Woman, no joke) ruins. this is where the Procession of the Incan Sun Festival, Inti Rahymi, takes place with a re-enactment of Incan rituals, which includes sacrificing a llama. Nowadays they just cover it up with a sheet to symbolize the sacrifice. The town of Cusco is delineated with the lines of the puma, part of the Incan trilogy of the serpent, the puma, and the condor. The chest/heart is the city center and the ruins we ventured to is the hair of the puma. These ruins are just outside of town and easily walkable.


With the size of group we had and the supplies we were bringing it was best to take the bus. On the way we jumped a couple of buses and waited for Ayde (our friendly local guide from the family house) and played some games with los chicitos as Ayde had forgotten her pack at the Mega supermarket.

Once up at the area of the ruins we built a clay over, covered the chicken, sausages and potatoes in foil and placed them in the middle where a fire had been built by the ladies (girrrrl power!) and smashed the oven onto itself. Not bad for a picnic. Leave it to the Scots to get the crazy idea to paint our faces with mud!





While the food was cooking some of us went up to Chritso Blanco, a statue of JC himself that is lit up at night and looks over the town.


Afterwards we went up to a natural rock slide and all about broke our asses sliding down this escarpment. Had fun doing and thats all that matters. Lastly we walked through some caves around the ruins.






And nothing beats ending a good day like this one than some refreshments at our favorite hangout Yanapay.