Today we left the city of Cusco. It has been a wondeful stay with breathtaking sites, food and shopping! On our way to Puno, we made a few stops along the way. Our first stop was to check out the 16th chapel of the Andes. This was a beatuful church dedicated to St. Peter.
Afterwards, we continued our tour on the busride stoping at Raqchi. This site was built in the 1400s and as dedicated to the God of Wiracocha. They used this as a sanctuary as well as a place to store food as well. What is interesting is that this site is 40 km from Cusco. Some of the most important cities are 40 km from Cusco which is why the Inca considered this the center of the world!
Later on this afternoon, we traveled to 14,000 ft above
sea level where we had a chance to stop and do a
During our trip, we had a chance to listen to our tour guide Miguel play beautiful Andean instruments. He told us that he music was inspired by us!!! Afterwards, we have such a musical group, the students had a chancet to practice some of these beautiful sounding instruments. Unfortunatly, as soon as we got to Puno, it was time to say good bye to Miguel. Tomorrow, we get to tour Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world!
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