Inca Walk at Saqsaywaman
Although we already purchased all our flight tickets, booked hotels and Airbnbs, even our Machu Picchu tickets a while ago, we felt the need to get expert help to streamline our logistics, as there are quite a lot of places we planned to visit within two weeks.
We were picked up by our private guide at Cusco two nights ago, and had one free day to acclimatize to the altitude yesterday.
So our tour officially started today.
Santo Domingo Church walls meticulously lined up by Incas
After a few churches in Cusco, we went to the outskirts to see Saqsaywaman archeological site.
Anyone would be easily blown away by how tight those huge stones were lined up by Incas, and the spiritual meanings and philosophy behind various shapes and forms.
For Apollo, however, the most important thing was his paper airplane.
And for Orion? A yogurt spoon! So he can dig dirt anytime!
Apollo missed going to playground, and was thrilled to see an array of natural stone slide.
He must have gone for a dozen of times before our private guide reminded us we had to move on.
Orion was at a stage of being a copycat. Anything Apollo says, eats, does, he would repeat. Apparently, he had fun at a baby slide.
Last but not least, I got a special treat, and had a few snapshots taken by Moon.
Unfortunately, I had to use photoshop a bit to remove the crowds behind me. I very rarely edit photos in photoshop, but since I had so few photos during the trip, I felt compelled to clean it up. (See my biggest composition philosophy: Less Is More - 7 Approaches To Create Simple Yet Strong Composition)
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