While I was walking around Machu Picchu- there was a place that everyone was telling me that I should visit. It was the Temple of the Sun. This is the temple where they worship their god Inti, this is a place dedicated to him. This wasn’t any kind of temple that. Have seen before in my previous trips. This temple was shining so bright and it was covered in gold. This is the first time that I am seeing gold like this. It was also very bog, almost 1.200ft in circumference. There was so much gold everywhere. Even on different statues as well. But the one that really caught my attention was the statue that represented their god Inti. The statue was covered in gold and not only that but the statue was also covered in jewels. The statue was shaped almost like a small boy and he was seated down. There was what it seemed like sun rays there were coming out of its head. It was absolutely beautiful. Then all of sudden, the high ranking priests arrived and they started to do a ceremony in there. However, I wasn’t allowed in because it was reserved for the priest only. I was told that these powerful priests were ablet to diagnose illness, solve crimes, and even they would do animal sacrifices as well. I am not for certain what they were doing inside since I was not allowed in. But the locals really did respect these priest and that they were very powerful and holy. These priest would also be paraded around during their ceremonies with gold and silver. This has been such a great trip and to end it here seeing this beautiful temple was such a joy for me.

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