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The Earth Oven in Bollywood
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 …
Ollantaytambo 20th June 2009
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 …
Who cares about the sacred valley, i need sleep!!
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 …
Ollyantambo - a magical little town
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 …
The BIG BEAR!
Today is the hardest day to the highest peak to "the boobie". We walked through Elfine forest as the trees are no higher than 5 meters. From the beginning of the day to the first check point where i finished 3rd place and took me 1hour & 15mins. Continuing through Fools pass, as Trekkers constantly think they are at the top of the mountain. Saw a few deer, a lot of llamas anD walked trough fog. To The second checkpoint to the bottom of the boobie Took me 1hour & 10mins. Now at ...