Part 4: There used to be something here.
So, leaving the nose train behind, we hit the road again, enjoying more street scenes along the way.
Although I remember the day as sunny, it wasn't. But we did have some sights to ponder along the way. Like this truck.
OK, we must be getting close, eh?
Not technically an Inca ruin, but I still like it.
Ah, ruins, looking appropriately ruined. (And ruins of...? I don't know exactly what.)
Point taken, but then left in place.
And I missed the description of this too.
A good overview of the whole site. Wikipedia sez: "These are the largest known Inca ruins in Ecuador." Fine and dandy.
Certainly large enough to walk around inside of.
With its own aqueduct. (Now defunct.)
And holes. Lots of holes. Our guide mumbled something about astronomical observations and two of our party nearly swooned. So like, anciently technical and spiritual-ish.
A shot of the fabled stonework. It's real.
Around the backside of the Temple of the Sun.
More stone. Fitted perfectly, no doubt.
And still in perfect working order, despite having had no maintenance for centuries.
And why would it need our help?
Our guide and driver. Competent.
Others, equally impressed.
Close to the stone.
Another view of the house-thingy.
The Temple of the Sun, "an elliptically shaped building constructed around a large rock," according to Wikipedia.
And probably the best shot of the lot. Somehow or other I didn't think to climb up there. Too bad for me.
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