Casa Hospedaje K'Antuyoc
Travel Blogs from Ollantaytambo
Visiting the Ruins
JESS: I woke up feeling like a new person, headache gone, energy regained. After coffee at a nearby restaurant (where we were basically forced to sit outside to breathe traffic exhaust: our boots were muddy?), we went to the ruins. It was raining lightly but we had our gear handy (unlike many other tourists who were wearing plastic rain ponchos), …
Learn about Machu Picchu
... may have been another reason the Incas left Machu Picchu 40 years later. Machu Picchu is located in a place of great geological importance. The specific mountains it is built on are very sacred and hold high religious importance with the Inca. Most people believe it was built for celebration, but there are many other theories. It may have been an Inca llaqta, "a settlement built to control the economy of conquered regions." Another theory states ...
La vieille montagne
En contemplant les ruines du Macchu picchu alors que les premiers rayons du soleil commencent á éclairer le site en ce lundi matin, on a du mal á croire qu'on ait finalement réussi á y arriver.
C'était pourtant pas gagné.
Bien organisés, on a acheté nos billets de train et réservé la visite du Macchu quelques jours avant, comme notre gourou, le Routard, nous l'avait conseillé.
On profite donc du dimanche, en attendant de prendre le train le plus ...
I Inkornas fotspår
... och la oss sista kvällen för att nästa morgon bli hämtade kl 03.30. Hämtade blev vi i alla fall av guiden Elvis (såklart) samt kocken. Vi bilade sedan i 1 ½ timme till nån liten håla där man åt frukost och köpte den sista provianten, i vårt fall läppcerat och cocablad (som man tuggade för mer energi).
Sedan hämtade vi upp våra två bärare som skulle bära tält, vår mat, bord och stolar samt kök. De spartanska förhållandena till trots serverades ingen ...
The Inca Trail!
... We don´t think porters are used to interaction with trekkers, as the cooks thought Rach and Kirsten were mad when they asked to help and the porters were full of smiles at being asked to join in the game of catch. The whole group was blown away by lunch (the last lunch with the porters) as they really pulled out all the stops! The main was a buffet including potato fritters, stuffed potatoes, stuffed chicken, salad, wontons, rice etc etc etc. The crowning ...