Day 7 + 8 again

Sooo, heres a longer version of the last post, since I have time and am back in the not so sketchy internet cafe.

Friday (day 6)
The ceremony was spectacular as I said, but I didn't have a chance to talk about Alishia. Alishia is a girl in the village, around our age I've been told, who cannot move her legs. Because of the way their village is, they don't have the means to treat her or provide her with a way to transport herself. So, she drags herself around. Now, in our society, there would be treatments or extra care being given to her, but she is ostracized. Her determination floored me. She pulled herself up to the main clearing to watch the ceremony, even though she could not participate. Myself and several others went and talked to her, and despite the situation she is in, she is just so happy. The fact that we went and talked to her pleased her so much she just wouldn't stop smiling. We've decided as a group that we are going to be fund raising for a wheelchair for her, and sending it to Nico (one of the bus drivers, hes been with us the past four years) and he'll bring it up to her.

Saturday (day 7)
So we were up bright and early (an hour later than usual) to start off on our weekend of tourism. First we went to the ruins of Ollanaytambo (oy-yan-tay-tambo), which was easily my favorite of the three. Ollanytambo was built as a strong hold to fight off the Spanish invaders. After several successes it fell to the Spanish. The site looks like stairs for a giant. Each 'tread' of the ruin has a slightly different ecological zones so different plants grew on each level. The entire ruin is supposed to represent a llama, and near the top point is what appears to be a stone bench. On the first day of winter (our summer), the sun shines through a sort of dent in the mountain across for it, and lands directly on the the bench. This is the eye of the Llama, and what the entire ruin was built around.
After that we visited Sacsayhuaman, a ruin just outside Cusco. It, like Ollanytambo, is supposidly representing an animal. Sacsayhuaman, when put with Cusco, is supposed to represent a Puma. Cusco is the body, and the ruins, which are built jagged, are the teeth. One side of Sacsayhuaman is covered in these giant smooth rocks that look like they could be stone slides. The other is the 'teeth' part of the ruin. It is three layers of jagged rocks, each jag ended with a huge bolder.
That night was spent in Cusco, and after I left the sketchy cafe, we explored the city a little bit.
Curfew was 11, and myself and a group of friends left the hotel at around 9:45-10 o'clock. We wondered around for a little bit, and at quarter to eleven we started to head back to the hotel. Now, Cusco is supposed to have an amazing night life, and just walking the streets we were proved right. As we walked through the main square, we were approached by a young girl, around 8 years old. She was trying to sell us gum. And she was very persistent. James, the guy who was walking around with us, tried to run away and she chased him. Like, fully ran after him. And the second he was a few meters away from us, A group of boys came swarming us, waving pamphlets and telling us how they could provide us with 'Free sexy times, with sexy boys.' I have not laughed that hard in a looong time.