Clearly there really is a theme here! Randy Vicuña, Korma Sutra, a bit of condor love, and now Sexy Woman? Did I miss the X-rating in the fine print?
But no (perhaps sadly, perhaps luckily), it's just the easy to remember pronunciation of Sacsaywaman (also spelled as Sacsayhuaman and also as Saqsaywaman - the Peruvians are incredibly consistent in their lack of consistency in spelling words!).
Sacsaywaman is the remains of a massive fortress built to protect the Inca capital, Cusco. I say remains, but don't imagine a few lines of rocks on the ground. This place is MASSIVE. The invading Spaniards and then subsequent generations have done their best to pull the place down and use it as a quarry, but what remains is huge. Thankfully the site is now fully protected.
(those two ant-like figures are Paul and Mark)
Ok, corny, but cute right?
Those notches in the rock above me are where they seated logs to help lever the carefully shaped and polished rock - weighing hundreds of tonnes - into place!
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