A long bus ride today starting from Puno on the shore of Lake Titicaca.
We drove through a high mountain pass in the Andes and stopped at the highest point of over 4,300 metres.
It was beautiful, but very headachy, and then we travelled quickly downhill and my headache soon disappeared.
We then stopped Raqchi which has a very big Inca settlement dating from 1440.
It is on the route of the ancient Inca trails which run across most of south America, and total more than 24,000 kilometres of paved paths.
Here is Darren standing on a few metres it.
Next we visited a richly decorated Catholic church which had been built on top of the ruins of an old Inca temple. This was built by the Spanish conquerors and missionaries who were trying to convert the local people to Christianity.
A few months ago the town was hit by an earthquake, and the church tower is now held together with beams and is in a dangerous condition. The same could be said of this street just around the corner.
To be honest, today was more of a long transfer with lots of beautiful scenery, and not the most exciting of stops.
However, we drank some excellent coffee, we are still eating lots of chocolate and Peru is an amazing country to admire from the comfort of a bus.
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