Translation of scare in Spanish

There were a lot of souvenir shops inside the palace which spoiled the atmosphere a little bit. Monkeys were also sitting around and begging for food. We took some close-up images of them.
It must have taken them years and ten's of thousands of workers to accomplish the tasks of constructing such spectacular compounds. We took many pictures and walked back to the taxi.
The type of exercise was new to me and I think it worked great. How are things in your country and in your city? Do you also have Thanksgiving holidays? I enjoy my free time at home with my kids.