September 26, 2008

On the Trail of the Incas

By Caroline

After Ecuador, we went to Cusco, Peru, the capital of the Inca Empire.  The Spanish destroyed most of the Inca buildings.  But outside the city there are Inca ruins - and many of the Spanish buildings in the city were built on top of Inca foundations.

Here’s Cusco’s main plaza (built by the Spanish)…

An Inca wall that the Spanish built on top of…

Some llamas in the narrow streets…

And some Inca ruins outside Cusco…