Museums in Cusco

Today we stayed in town and went to several museums. This meant we saw a lot of religious paintings. We can skip any more of those.

We did some pre-Inca artifacts. They were interesting. We visited a monastary for nuns. I thought they were in convents. We will have to find this out from our friends at St Kates when we get back. The nuns still use the building in the evening after the museum closes. We heard prayers in the church.

Another museum we visited had small modern statuary. We visited an interpretive center about Machu Picchu and one of the national parks.

We went out of the tourist section and climbed the funerary tower with a statue of one of the Inca leaders on top. It was built in 1992 so it has a while to go before it is a relic.

We talked with a family at breakfast who had to miss their bus to Puno because the father was sick. We told them about the modern way to go, airplane. They found a flight and got there the same day, in less time. They left us a nice note.

We continue to have interesting meals. You never know what your food will look like. We ate our lunch on a balcony overlooking the main square.

Tomorrow we are off to Lima. We will get to see the Pacific Ocean.