Ahhh…. the untold simple bliss of sleeping in. It was 0930 before we saw the day and began by shopping for clothes and souvenirs. Sue’s bartering skills are becoming well honed. We visited the Museo de Inca which had many wonderful artifacts and models of Inca towns and gave an even greater insight into how great the civilisation was. It also had many pre-Incan artifacts, some dating back to 2000 BCE. The next stop was the Museo de Arte de Anti Colombia or Museum of Pre-Columbian Art, which had even more artifacts and lots of gold and silver. Each item had a description in Spanish, English and French and they were completely over the top with things like “the strength and plasticity of the artist manifests itself in the timeliness of this object and its anthropomorphic themes”. Whoever wrote it would put Edmund Capon to shame. Read the rest of this entry »