At the base of the ruins is a small town made up of the decenants of the incas. Just infront of the gates to the ruins is a small shopping area. We picked up a tour guide that spoke english.
As you look up the ruins, you see the agricultural terraces in front of you. Off to the left is the stair case up. Water use to be channeled from over the hill and come down through channels cut in the rock and flow through the terraces. When the spanish invaded, the incas dammed the flow of water so that the crops would die. Our guide also stated that modern engineers have not been able to figure out how to restart the flow of water through the terrances.
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