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Av. Ferrocarril N0 118, Urubamba Ollantaytambo, Sacred Valley, Peru, +51-84-204111
OLLANTAYTAMBO/ SACRED VALLEY One of our favorite tiny Peruvian cities, Ollantaytambo's (population 2000) history details a lovely story about a great Inca King that wanted to marry a peasant girl from the village. Forbidden love decided that she would be locked away in a tower for decades, and the story goes on to include grief, yearning, and injustice...But the reason for our attachment to this place is not the folktale behind its land, or the pretty ruins that tower over the narrow cobble s...
Ollantaytambo, Peru ashifreeshma 20th June 2009
Today is the start of our Inca Trail tour, with breakfast at 7.30am, ready
and set to leave at 8am for Ollantaytambo. We traveled with our local
guide through the Sacred Valley of the Incas. The Sacred Valley is a
lush agricultural region that was an important food source for the
Incas and today continues to supply the city of Cusco with much of
its produce.
Along the way we stopped at a little village and were shown how they spin,
dye an...
After being led astray by our guide a couple of us were not feeling top of the world the next morning, but we soldiered on....
GAP (our tour company) sponsors some local communities and we visited one this morning where the women gave a exhibition on the dyeing and weaving of alpaca wool......yes i know these things are very touristy and set up but it actually was quite interesting.
We arrived in the town of Ollantaytambo which is the jumping off point for the Inca Trail. Place ...
The entrance to the town of Ollyantambo was lovely.. an ancient cobbled stone road led up the last hill to the entrance to the village and as we rounded the corner it spread into a wonderful tree'd plaza (square)! - sooo good...! Our bus rolled into the square right on dusk and it was filled with dozens of people sitting around, chatting and just relaxing at the end of their day and all dressed in their colourful minority clothes and bowler hats- it looked like it was straight out of a movie...
Ollyantambo, Peru themurphys... your guide is extremely boring, you don´t treat it that way. Rather than listen to our guide, we had a great time creating some interesting poses at the ruins. It really wasn´t until when we all went up Wayna Picchu to get a panoramic view (1 hr climb) that we really started to get what the hell went on with Macchu Picchu. You really have to put things in context and in modern terms to really know that it was absolutely amazing what the Inkas were ...
Machupicchu, Cusco, Peru bsuarez... mitnahm. während einige busse halb leer abfuhren war unser, welcher der letzte war so überfüllt, dass sieben personen für die 2-stündige fahrt stehen mussten.<br><br>mit über einer stunde verspätung im vergleich zum rest der gruppe kamen wir in cusco an. viele unserer truppe duschte sich kurz und ging dann noch bis in die frühen morgenstunden an eine halloween party, während wir uns totkaputt ins bett fallen liessen. eigentlich wollten wir ja auch ...
Machu Picchu, Cusco, Peru teresitaykusito... view also. Upon reaching our camp in the afternoon, I couldn´t do anything but sit in my tent and stare for a solid hour (which my knees weren´t complaining about), watching the sun and clouds play across the mountains.<br><br>Our next and final day started early, as we woke up a little before 4, wolfed down a quick breakfast, and set off before 5. To get to Machu Picchu, we had to have our tickets checked at the nearby administration center. Although the gates didn´t open until 5:30 ...
Machu Picchu, Sacred Valley, Peru dan_the_man... Al had a bag with water and jumpers in. and we hiked 12km uphill all day, from 2800m to 4200m (the dead womans pass) a real achievement and fantastic views (and a group photo)! and then down steps to 3600m... we had breakfast at 5am, and second breakfast half way up at 10.30 (popcorn, biscuits, crackers, bread etc...!), then lunch when we arrived at camp at 2pm ish, we had some time to nap, relax and gather our thoughts, had tea and popcorn at 5ish and then dinner ...
Machu Picchu, Cusco, Peru nickiandal... wahrlich ein h**vorragendes britisches Englisch; laut seinen Angaben, dank ein** v**flossenen Gespielin aus diesem Lande) mit ihm v**liehen dies** Wand**ung eine gewisse Substanz. Lex, 30 jährig, top durchtraini**t, war bis vor d** Reise als Business Consultant bei ein** kleinen Firma im Norden Hollands tätig. Als Projektmanag** entwickelte ** für div**se grosse Firmen v**schiedene Comput**basi**te Systeme im In- und Ausland. Letztes Jahr hatte ...
Mollepata, Cusco, Peru tinutour... quite distinct famous Peruvian tuques. <br><br> Ali, Mi and myself proceeded walking towards the entrance of the ruins. There, an old blind man, dressed in his traditional colourful Peruvian clothes, was playing the harp. Looking into his eyes and seeing his expression, one couldn't help but feel his presence when listening to the soft and pleasant sound coming out of the musical instrument as it was being ...
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