Ingapirca ruins!

My mom and I went to Ingapirca (which is in Ecuador) on Oct. 27. We had a lot of fun! Ingapirca is considered to be the most important ruins in Ecuador, and it is about 45 minutes away from Canar (by bus at least). Right at the beginning of the ruins, there were llamas! We were able to get a picture of one of them, and my mom said it was very photogenic. :) The photo above is the "Temple of the Sun", where the Incas worshiped the sun. There was a very beautiful view of the valleys from up there.  It was kind of a dangerous place to walk, though, and one time I fell.  I didn't get hurt too bad, but it wasn't much fun!

When we were walking to a part of a mountain that looks like a face, it was quite funny because this little dog would guide us around. It would go ahead of us, and when we stopped to take pictures and stuff, it would come back to us.
The face in the mountain was really cool. It had eyelashes made from some bushes! :) They don't know if it was man-made, or if it is natural.  It was very deceiving because there were some other rocks that looked like turtles or other animals and they had fences around them, but we almost missed the face! There was no sign or anything to show us where it was. It was a tough walk getting there, but it was very cool looking.  Rachel