Today we got to sleep in. I woke up at 8:00 am, had a shower and then ate breakfast. For breakfast I had coco pebbles in strawberry yogurt, a ham sandwich, and a cafe con leche. Aren´t continental breakfasts great?

At 9:00 am our tour bus arrived. Today we would be taken to several Inca ruin sites. On our way to the firsty set of ruins we stopped at a couple of markets. I didn´t buy anything this time. After the market we headed to the Pisac ruins. The drive to Pisac took close to one hour. The Pisac ruins were pretty amazing. There are a series of farming terraces, along with several stone structures on top of the mountain. We followed a steep trail up the mountain to another set of structures before heading back down to the bus.

After everyone was back on the bus we went for lunch at some tourist trap in Pisac. It was crap. It took them an hour and a half to make me a chicken sandwich that consisted of a piece of chicken slapped between two pieces of bread. That´s it. No lettuce, no sauce.

After lunch our next stop was the Ollantambo ruins. These ruins were extremely impressive and consist of more steep terraces with an unfinished temple and a fortress on top of the peak. We explored the ruins for about an hour and a half before getting back on the bus and making the two hour drive back to Cusco. The next day would be a big day as it would be the start of the Inca Trail!

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