Friday, June 16. In the afternoon we took the obligatory City Tour. The ruins above the city, Sacsayhuaman, are always impressive. The ruins continue to be restored, and more uncovered as the site expands. Workers were present assembling seats for the upcoming Inti Raymi festival. Our guide was a bit of a naturalist - he knew many of the native plants and herbs, showing us those that are good for various ailments. We also visited the Koricancha, which was the Inca Temple of the Sun. Unfortunately the gold was stripped from the site by the Spanish, and a church built on top of the Inca holy temple. We visited additional ruins beyond the Sacsayhuaman fortress, including Tambo Machay, an Inca ritual holy bath, where waters still flow. We dipped our hands in the water, so we
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