We all met for breakfast at 5:30am because the ruins open at 6am and we wanted to watch the sunrise, notwithstanding the overcast conditions. We met our guide Hector at about 6am and spent the next 3 hours being led around the ruins getting an overview and understanding about its history, the Inca civilization that lived here and the culture that was obliterated by the arrival of the Spanish in the 1500’s.
Although I have been here before it is as impressive today as it was then. There is an incredible majesty about the site and don’t believe that it matters how many times you go there, one cant help but be impressed by the ruins and its surroundings in the Andes mountains.
Insofar as the over the top regulations go, once again, this proved to be another cause for annoyance because the rules of the place are not stipulated anywhere. We wanted to walk up to the sun gate which is probably a 1 hour round trip however when we started it at about 3:30pm, one of the officials wouldn’t let us proceed because last opportunity to go up is apparently at 3pm! This resulted in an acrimonious argument with this arrogant moron in my finest Portospanglish because of the lack of clarity of the rules that the officials are employed to regulate.
For you Bon!!
Notwithstanding the aggravation, we still managed a walk to the Inca bridge and a general walk around the site which by this time had quietened down substantially and was quite special.
The Inca Bridge..There is about a 500m sheer drop off to the right!
