-The place I'll never forget-

Hello.

Today, I’m going to write about the place I’ll never forget.

The place name is Cusco in Peru. When I was 12 years old, I visited my home country Peru with my mother and an older brother.

Peru is a country located in South America continent. Peru was the center of Inca Empire that was the largest empire at that time until conquered by Spain. Peru has 10 of UNESCO World Heritage Site. One of them is the Machu Picchu in Cusco Region. Machu Picchu located in really high place, 2,057m. It usually called as "Lost City of the Incas", because we can’t recognize it from the bottom of the mountain.

When I went to there, I was so excited, because I could see the “Nazca Lines” that is also one of the UNESCO World Heritage Site from the plane during the way to get to Machu Picchu. The lines were really big. I wondered how the people could write such big lines. My birth place was the capital city, so I didn’t see much cultural things such as colorful poncho and folk craft articles, but I could see them at Cuzco.

The first day of the trip, we got mountain sickness. It was terrible. When I was walking around to buy some souvenirs, suddenly my body became heavy. I couldn’t keep standing, because I didn’t have any power. I sit down on a bench that was near from me. At that time, I thought that I caught a cold or something, but my mother and brother were also same with me. Even to move our mouths was hard for us, so we went to back to hotel without any talking. My mind was clouded and I couldn’t think well. It was the hardest time in the trip.

Next day, we went to the Machu Picchu. We were not sick any more. The sky was so blue. Sunshine was sparkling. My mind was really clear!! It was really nice day. Everything looked shining. We walk around of the remains and took many pictures. There were Llamas that is South American camel, so I pet it. I got nervous at that time, so I’d just touched it for a second. My brother and I made a friend, one boy. We talked a lot and ate traditional supper together with his mother.

The trip was really nice. I can’t forget about Cusco because, it is one of important places of my home country, and I don’t know if I can go there again. If you have a chance to go to Peru, you should go to the Cusco. I hope that I can go there again too :)

-Diana-