Hiking in Ollantaytambo (the titles aren't getting better, I promise)

We arrived in Ollantaytambo on the 18th of June after a two-hour bus ride, at which time we checked into our new hostel and did a little exploring around the town. It was a beautiful little place surrounded by mountains on all sides. After spending the remainder of that day just resting and taking it easy, we got up the next morning to start checking out some of the amazingly constructed Inca ruins of Ollantaytambo, of which I got some great photos.

As can be seen in the first photograph, a common occurrence at these ruins is a series of rectilinear steplike patterns, which is not only found at this site but manifests itself almost everywhere with a trace of Inca heritage, from the steps of Ollantaytambo to the pottery designs seen in many of the museums that we visited.

Additionally, the trapezoidal "windows" make an appearance once again, this time at the Ollantaytambo ruins. Although this time, the top base of the trapezoids seem to be more so equal in length to the bottom base, making them resemble rectangles instead. Nevertheless, the trapezoidal figures still clearly stand out.

Another interesting feature of these ruins were the various holes and troughs through which the Inca ingeniously irrigated their land and crops.

Those clever Incas also managed to implant all of their enormous stones with stone steps used for climbing up to the next terrace when that next level was too high, which I was able to get a close-up picture of: