Thursday July 30

Wednesday morning we had breakfast with Jed Benoit, his wife Jamie and their 2 little girls. They are with www.meltdownministries.com. They work with the vast international crowd that invades Cuzco year round to hike the Inca Trail and to visit Machu Pichu (one of the seven wonders of the world). This world of ours is amazingly small. Found out that Abbey's parents know Jed's family from their time in Africa. Abbey's eyes lit up when she discovered this.

We visited Tipon. It is one of the most important architectural complexes found in Cuzco. This old town is located 23 km. southeast of the Inca capital at a height of 3,560 meters above sea level. It is characterized by vast terraces and well built canals that channeled the water perfectly.
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From Tipon we traveled to Pikillaqta. Pikillaqta was constructed at the height of the Pre-Inca Wari culture circa 500 to 900 A.D. This great urban and ceremonial center nearly 2 Km. long is conformed by a citadel surrounded by terraces and walls up to 7 meters high. There are numerous storages, qolqas and barns and almost all the constructions are made of stone bonded with mud.

Well, I am at breakfast. The hotel has an incredible buffet that we are doing our best to maximize:) Today we visit the Sacred Valley and end up in Aguas Calientes (Hot Springs). This small town is at the base of Machu Pichu. On Friday we climb to Machu Pichu. The team is stoked about this.