Here's your damn Incas.

I know it's what everyone came to see. We didn't have to go far to find Incan ruins -- there are some right within the city limits of Cusco. Back in the day, Cusco was the capital of the Incan empire, and Coricancha the main temple within Cusco -- so you can see that it was something special. At the height of the civilization, the walls of Coricancha were almost completely covered in sheets of gold, and placed in the central courtyard was an entire gold "farm," complete with solid gold stalks of corn, trees, and I think maybe even llamas. When the Spanish came, Coricancha was stripped of its riches and a colonial church was built upon the foundation.

See? Look at them stones. Built by people with nothing more than bronze tools, they were.

This is another cool set of walls near the Plaza de Armas in Cusco. Both walls are still in perfect condition -- we never got tired of walking down this alley.

THIS WEEKEND: Stay tuned. If you're lucky I might get to New Year's Eve, for which I have video. Aw yeah.