Today was our day at the Incan ruins. It was a intsy bit crazy getting there since they are completley redoing the road up to the ruins. Also, a fun fact that everyone failed to mention is that it is freezing up there! Both Alicia and I bough Alpaca sweatshirts to keep from freezing to death.
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| Alpaca Sisters |
Ingapirica means "Inca stone wall"; the name given to the site by the Canaris (native Ecuadorean). The Canaris worshiped the moon and had built a temple on this ground about 1000 years ago. Their buildings were made of stone from the riverbed down in the valley. The stones were round and held together by mortar. The Incans came about 500 years ago, took over the place. They built a temple for their god, the sun. Their buildings were made of carved square stone; the pieces fit together perfectly without mortar.
Calendars based on the sun (Incan) and moon (Canaris), which are super accurate, helped them to know when to celebrate, when to harvest, etc. Away from the main site there were secondary artifacts. Rocks carved into turtles, bulls, and chairs. A natural rock formation called the Cara del Inca (Inca's Face) was super cool.
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| Calendar Based On The Moon |
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| Incan Face (looks better in person) |
Viva la Selva!
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