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Ollantaytambo Slideshow
Ollantaytambo
Travel Blogs from Ollantaytambo, Peru
Inkastien 4 dager Oppvarmingen
Vi ble hentet på hotellet tidlig og ble kjørt til Ollantaytambo der fikk vi anledning til å handle inn nødvendige ting som vi ikke hadde med oss, som blant annet gåstaver, hode-lykt, leggvarmere, votter - og en del annet småtteri. . I bussen ...
Even more impressive than Pisaq
... the later 10.45 train. Unfortunately the earlier train was still fully booked which meant we'd have to wait around in Ollantaytambo all evening with pretty much nothing left to do in this little old town. We found a nice looking restaurant ...
Inca ruins, salt pans and cliff dwellers
More bus tripping today with the first stop being the circular inca gardens at Moray where we ran into our amercan friends, the ´Spirits of the Earth´ meditating in the centre of the gardens. We made our own statement with a gant starfish at the ...
The sacred valley
... and how they would have fitted them together with apparently no sign of tool work! It really is a mystery. Until some years ago Ollantaytambo was seen as a passing point in the route of the Sacred Valley of the Incas and not somewhere to stop and look. ...
The only Inca village
... non registered taxi to take. We knew once the road got bumpy we were in Ollantaytambo. Ollantaytambo is in the Sacred valley and is the only Inca village. There are a lot of ruins there. On one ...
The Sounds of Silence
... the journey was relatively uneventful considering the previous two hours, however there was an ominous sign as I hit the main square in Ollantaytambo, carny folk banging on drums, devils sticks in tow and trying to flog off the home-made friendship bands. ...
Surprise hike in the Sacred Valley
Instead of leaving tranquilo fro Cusco at 10 in the morning, I left at 5 to get a collective transport, see a beautiful dawn on cusco, try out these tea carts which looked dirty but which serve an amazing beverage, shout at the driver on the way because ...
Ollantaytambo 20th June 2009
... rooms, we went for a wonder around the small town, picking up supplies for the Inca Trail. The town and fortress of Ollantaytambo are strategically situated overlooking the beautiful Urubamba River Valley. We went for an early tea at 7pm as to be back ...
Sacred Valley
Sacred Valley, no words can explain the beauty here... EVERYONE MUST VISIT and see it for them ...
Charming Ollanta
Next morning I was feeling so much better. We had to organise ourselves to get to Ollantaytambo (Ollanta for short) in preparation for a very early visit to Machu Picchu the following day. The day started with an excellent included breakfast at Hostal ...
Is this place for real?
... so many pictures of these places that it would take hours to upload, so i´ll only take the best. The next stop was Ollantaytambo. This was a recommendation from my friend Stephen, who passed by this town on the train. he said that he wanted to tell ...
The Sacred Valley
... ....Best lunch we've had in a long time, on our backpacker budget! Our next Incan site was in the town of Ollantaytambo, where the people still live in houses with Incan foundations. The town is watched over by an Incan citadel---about 200 feet of ...
Magical Machu Picchu
... incessantly to his group guide who looked less than impressed to be sat next to him. We finally arrived back in Ollantaytambo around 8.40pm and experienced our first semi issue with the tour itinerary. Most other groups had been met by ...
Day 10 - Machu Picchu!!
Pro: 3rd hiker to arrive at the front gate of Machu Picchu. It was a race to the finish. Even though we couldn´t make out anything with the fog at 6am, I was feeling like a champ! Con: 2 days of the runs while trekking ...
Light
¨"why blame the dark for being dark? it is far more helpful to ask why the light isn´t as bright as it could be." Rob Bell I´m in Ollaynta right now. about to get onto the bus to head back to Cusco. This town holds a lot of ...
Didn't miss a beat - excursion to Ollantaytambo
... river and marveling at the dramatic mountain setting of snow capped mountains and river valley below. There is lots to absorb. http://www.margieswebgallery.com/galleries/peru/Ollantaytambo/ http://www.margieswebgallery.com/galleries/peru/ToSV/ ...
Getting to know one another - Huilloc and Pumarca
... something from everyone you see. But we realize that it really does make a difference in their lives when tourists purchase things. In Ollantaytambo, Julio is backing up the car on to a side street so that Harvey can go to an ATM. He hears a ...
In der Inkahauptstadt
... uuuups. Da fehlen ziemlich viele Reiseerlebnisse der letzten Wochen.... Cusco ist, nach Sucre in Bolivien, zu meiner 2. Lieblingsstadt dieser Reise geworden. Irgendwie dacht ich immer Cusco waer nur so ein Touristenspot als Ausgangspunkt fuer Machu ...
Comment aller au Machu Picchu ?
... ; La solution la plus économique, rapide, mais physique. Prendre un ou deux minibus pour aller de Cuzco à Ollantaytambo (2h environ, 5 soles). Prendre un autre minibus jusqu'au Km 82 (1h, 2,5 soles). Marcher 28 ou 29 Km le long ...
El Camino Inca
... départ classique. 2h de route en tout, ça nous a laissé le temps de faire connaissance, et après un petit dej à Ollantaytambo nous nous sommes retrouvés au point de départ à 10h30, prêts à avaler des kilomètres. Le premier jour est assez ...
Ollantaytambo
... it worked. It’s quite amazing. Many of the Inca ruins are in the shape of animals (i.e. Puma, Llama, Condor etc). Ollantaytambo ruins are in the shape of a Llama and we walked up the mountain opposite the ruins to some old Inca storage ...
The Sacred Valley
... Pisac market, but I was feelign so awful the whole time I didnt stray very far from the bus. From there we drove to Ollantaytambo, a small little town where the last remaining descendents of the Incans still live. There are ruins here, in the shape of a ...
Apr 05, 2011
Sara.. and the horrible loo´s in Macchu Picchu´s
... for the most, but then I am going off with 4 others from this trip tomorrow for the last part of my Peru adventure which is a few days in the Amazon, riding up it in a canoe,checking out somebirds, staying in a lodge and trying ...
Lares (Andes) Trek & Machu Picchu
... strong and kind enough to carry our duffel bags), four horses and five tents for our trek from just outside Ollantaytambo through llama-filled pastures, past tranquil lakes and waterfalls, over mountain passes and to a town just outside of Aqua ...
The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu is some 43 kilometres long, takes 4 days and involves a climb of 1200 metres on day 2 to an altitude of 4200 metres. We did it in the rainy season which wasn´t ideal but we still had lovely views and had a great laugh with ...
Cusco - Ollantaytambo
... ! Relativ schnell mache ich mich daher wieder auf den Weg, um heute noch ein Stückchen weiter in Richtung „Ollantaytambo“ zu kommen, als mich in einem kleinen Dörfchen plötzlich ein Italiener anspricht und sich nach meinem Schlafplatz für ...