Horseback riding & Geocaching

January 9th, I woke up stiff as a board. This morning was by far the most painful for my weak knees. But no time to worry about that, horse back riding was planed for this day. It was raining, but that didn’t stop us, as a matter of fact Karina wore shorts and I wore a bermuda. I know it wasn’t a good idea, but we were hoping that eventually the sun would come out.

Only 10 of us were going to horseback riding. Our guide for that day picked up us at the hotel and then we drove to Sacsayhuaman (Saqsaywaman). Once we got there we had to walk through a muddiest field. Finally we arrived and started looking for our horses; but for Karina and Rosa was the first time riding, so each one had a designated guy to help them. While I was waiting for my horse all I could think about it, was that ten years had passed since the last time I did horse back riding. I didn’t said anything and I just grad my horse and started riding. What you know, it’s true what they said “once you learn it, you never forget”. We went up the hill. Still raining but I was doing find with my horse. Actually my horse was old so we ridded very slow. We made it; we were at the “Temple of the Moon”, beautiful place with wonderful views and magnificent caves. We walked for a while, visit some caves and then went back to the ranch.

We drove back to our hotel, changed our clothes and left for lunch. We ate at a nice restaurant near of the Plaza de Armas. I dared to order Cuy or guinea pig. I ate half and Elisa ate the other half. It was roasted; the skin was hard I did not like it, but the little meat that was under the skin wasn’t too bad. But let’s just say it’s not something I would order for my self again. I didn’t like it, but at least I tried it.

After lunch we went to the local markets so we could buy more souvenirs, but we only had an hour and a half before the geocaching. It’s a shame we had so little time to spend in Cuzco, as it is a beautiful city with so much to do.

At the end we did our own geocaching.