Cusco in the evening -- day 5
It's about 8 oçlock and I just finished dinner -- spagetti, of all things after a lunch of guinea pig. Earlier today we went to the Inca Sun Temple, a beautiful structure made of stone, of course, with no morter. The stones are so perfectly fitted that in places you can't even stick in a fingernail. Now, how did the Inca people do that (Nick and Adam see if you can figure this out) almost 800 years ago with no modern tools or even iron or steel, and the blocks were cut perfectly plumb and level? And, we think we are talented. I walked up to the main plaza of town tonight. It is a big open garden area with a fountain and it seems like the enitire city of is out for a walk and socializing -- and this is on a Monday evening. The Latin American countries are so social. Sometimes, most of the times really, i think these cultures are so much more civilized than ours. There were a group of children in the plaza tonight on a school field trip from another town. They saw me as a novelty and kept wanting to take my picture or have me in a picture with them. The same thing happened at the Sun Temple today, a mother came up and asked if i would be in a picture with her daughter. And, it is usually me trying to get the pictures of the other cultures. What a cute switch! Tomorrow we go to Macchu Piccu and i am looking forward to being at this Inca spiritual center. Okay, that is about enough for now.
Mucho amor!
posted by John Hutchinson @ 8:05 PM
3 Comments
3 Comments:
Hi Dad,
OK now eating Alpaca and Guinnea Pig??? YUCK! I am not that adventurous. More power to you! Now you are selling my picture on a CD the black market in Peru??? Not a very attractive picture of me dad to be giving away or selling around the world. Can't wait to hear about Machu Pichu!
Love, Suzanne
Hi John, now you truly have entered the South American culture by eating guinea pig. It does taste like chicken, right? I liked it. Are you getting used to the altitude by now? Sounds like you're enjoying this adventure! I'm sure your photos are going to be so colorful, and remember that being at the high altitude, your pictures may be a bit underexposed, so take a look in the playback. Love, Bert
Hi Dad, sorry I didn't "blog" earlier, I didn't even know about this blog site or how to "blog" until I talked to mom tonight. I'm glad you are having fun and avoiding international stomach viruses thus far. I can't wait to see your pictures. We hung out with Mike and Jessica the other night and they were interested in hearing about your trip too. Shea and I went Christmas shopping tonight and we saw an airplane in the sky. I told him that it was PaPa's airplane and he said in a really deep voice, "PaPa, come down!" I asked him if he wanted PaPa to come down and play with him and he pointed to the plane and yelled, "PaPa, down, play, Shea, COME DOWN!" I explained to him that PaPa was on his airplane trip for a little longer but he would come down later to play with Shea. I guess he thinks you are just floating around the sky for a few weeks. He has been talking about you and your airplane trip a lot. Well, I'm off to go to sleep, hopefully you are sleeping too. PS- mom is coming over tomorrow night for Hanukkah dinner.. see what you are missing out on?! Talk you you soon when I get a chance to "blog" again.
Love, KT
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