Sacred garden of the Coricancha temple. Spanish chroniclers describe it as a garden of golden plants with leaves of beaten gold, stems of silver, solid gold corn-cobs and 20 life-size llamas and their herders all in solid gold. Also many other animals like colibris, snakes, butterflies and even spiders formed a detailed garden of gold and silver. Gold was considered the "sweat pearls of the sun" and silver the "tears of the moon".🌞🌚

Coricancha "The Golden Temple" with Convent of Santo Domingo above. The Coricancha was the most important temple in the Inca Empire. It was destroyed during the Conquista. It must have been very impressive with lots of gold decorations. The remains form the foundation of the convent. There is a museum inside which also includes art collections (Cusco School and contemporary art). The green area is the sacred garden. The man in the white shirt is just leaving a small archaelogical museum, which is located directly under the garden.

I'm lucky to live in the historically interesting area around the Roman Limes. There are traces of the Romans everywhere. Especially in Frankfurt Northwest, where once was the capital of the Civitas Taunensium, the town of Nida. In the past, this area was even referred to as German Pompeji, because there are so many well-preserved remains here. Sadly, the city doesn't do enough to present the remains to public. For example, these quite important Roman pottery kilns stand inconspicuously in a small house in a totally overgrown corner. I think that's not ok.

With INCA KOLA to the top! 💪💪
I love this drink so much! ❤

Inca Kola is a cola brand from Peru, which was invented in 1910 by British immigrant John Lindley in Rímac / Lima. A main ingredient of the drink comes from the lemon verbena, locally called Hierba Luisa. 🌿
The sweet taste reminds a bit of chewing gum. 🤔

Have you already tried Inca Kola? How would you compare the taste?

I always liked to philosophize about the taste, especially with other fans! 😂

Just another photo of Machu Picchu.

It absolutely paid off to take the first tour of the day. Foggy jungle ruins are definitely an experience. At noon everything was clear.

In October 2018 I've explored Peru by myself. Of course I've also been at Machu Picchu 🙄 And I crawled up to the peak of the big mountain - somehow, but successful! 😅