Dec 25: Ruined for Ruins

Today our guide took us to several more ruins in the countryside around Cusco. They were impressive but we've pretty much hit our limit for Incan ruins.

The really interesting aspect of today was seeing how Christmas is observed in the countryside and small villiages of Peru. Basically it amounts to drinking, performing a small parade, and more drinking. In the larger villages the parades are more polished and professional:


In the smaller villages, the focus is more on getting as much maise beer inside you before the parade sets out:


Tomorrow back to Lima.