Tambo Machay

The plan on this day was to see a collection of four ruins that sit along a road just outside the city limits. If you're lame, you can give a cab driver US $20 to take you to each ruin and wait while you see them. If you're us, you look at the beautiful weather outside and take the LP's suggestion of paying the cab driver 10 soles (US $3) to drop you off at the farthest ruin, 8 km away from town. It's a lovely walk, all downhill through beautiful countryside that looks a lot like some pictures of Tuscany I've seen.

The farthest ruin, Tambo Machay, was likely a place of worship for an Incan water cult. After hundreds of years, the water still flows through the bath and channels. So pretty!