Aucapata (the weekend)

Joy had classes at the house today (Saturday) for much of the day. Power went off today, but line doesn´t seem broken. Seems like it is off for the entire village.
On Sunday we all loaded into Don Manuel´s truck for the trip to the ruins of Iskanwaya. This is described as the heart of Mollo culture although Don Manuel prefers to call it Iskanwayan culture. We left the truck for the last 300 metres (down) to the site which is the ruins of settlement about the same size as Macchu Picchu. The site is spectacular as it is towards the bottom of the valley but still hundreds of metres above the river in which the gold miners work. It has a commanding view of the approaches up the valley. Unfortunately, other than a metal fence, around which people walk, there has not been much done to try to stabilize or promote the site. During the 3 weeks we were in Aucapata there were 6 tourists; 3 Austrians, 2 Czechs, and 1 Argentinian, and not all had been to Iskanwaya. Used candle-lite in the house.
Jim