Last week we took a little trip to see the Inca Ruins at
Ingapirca (Wall of the Inca) about 2 hours north of Cuenca, and I remembered the camera! It was a gorgeous day and the trip was
wonderful. At 10,367 ft. it can be very windy and cold, but we lucked out with only a very light breeze and sun. Patricio is a licensed guide
for the whole country, so we got our own private tour. The wheelchair made things interesting at
times, and I couldn’t get all the way up to the Temple (lots and lots of steps),
but Steve took great pictures of it and I got to see plenty.
We are planning a trip next week to a town that specializes
in guitar making. Steve sold both of his guitars before we made the move
down here as he was concerned they would get trashed – probably rightly
so. I would like to get him playing
again.
Pictures of Ingapirca:
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| If you look close, you can see the temple just in front of the trees. The area in between the temple and us is the 'Great Field" where the faithful gathered. |
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| The round structures were storage for Andean cereals when there was surplus. The walls behind were probably rooms used for military purposes |
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| Some of the many blocks which had fallen. Note the holes. |
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| Patricio pushing my wheelchair |
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| Steve was trying to figure out how they got that headstone up there. |
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| Chamber of the "house of virgins". |
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| Top of the temple |
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| Drainage? |
After the visit to the ancients, we stopped at a beautiful old cathredral built high on - or actually in the mountain.
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| The wall in back is the mountain! |
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| The town of Biblian below |
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| Again, the rock wall. I found a great link to another blog (also using Culture Shock in the name) about this cathedral: http://cuencacultureshock.com/biblian-ecuadors-school-of-wizardry/. |
