Hotel Sauce Ollantaytambo

frühstück um 5.30h morgens. was wir in der schweiz als viel zu früh empfinden würden, doch hier kein problem darstellt, da es bereits um 5h morgens hell ist und wir meistens so früh aufstehen. jedoch wird es auch bereits um 6h abends dunkel.<br><br>am heutigen tag war wandern angesagt. zuerst ging es eine weile flach der strasse entlang bis wir einige hundert höhenmeter ...

... all the way. One hour and 13.7kilo of Manchilla later we were drenched in sweat, hated life, and Nadia wanted to smash my face in for telling her to hurry up when i was walking behind her! We asked if it was close but they then told us we had anohter 2 hours to go! The hills were getting steeper and we were falling over the rocks on the tracks constantly, and to make things worse, it was getting dark (and they didnt bring any torches ...

... to the sungate, we were drenched in a veritable downpour, soaked to the bone and fighting up the stream of water flowing down the trail (it actually looked like a small river, each step having its own little waterfall). Quite the precarious climb, as the smooth stones were now more than slippery, and we had a nice steep cliff to ponder to our right.<br><br>After slogging through the rain for about an hour, we finally reached the sungate - though it was hard to realize, as we were ...

Today was a travel day - several hours getting through the sacred valley of the incas, to ollantaytambo. Along the way we had a few pit stops, including a visit to a local ´brewery´ that specialized in chichu (sp?), the inca corn beverage. I continue to play russian roulette with the consumption of local food, but all is ...

So Monday morning, and we set off for the Sacred Valley at 7.30am with the rest of the group doing the Inca Trail. Our first stop out of Cuzco was in a small community that Gap care for, where we learnt how the women make all kinds of hats, ponchos etc - we tried to barter for garments as we were encouraged to (apparently, its how we can build a rapport with them), although not so sure we got a great deal, but there you go! Next we headed to Pisac, an old &amp; historic ...

Good morning world, it's the morning after my first night in a tent at high altitude. I was warned the night before by Ben (one of the medics) that one of the common symptoms of altitude sickness was restless sleep and did I know it this morning, 12 times I woke up in the night feeling like it was morning just to find that I had been asleep for only 20 - 30 minutes. Another excellent experience of altitude was the need to wee, apparently your body flushes out more at altitude ...

... a couple of glasses....!<br><br>Day 3 was a longer day but not quite so hard (apart from the last few hours!) . we had our normal wake up call from justo with our coca tea (yum!) and a big breakfast, the best so far I think, eggy bread and omelette with fried banana! and I had very achey muscles, so much so, I struggled to hover over the loo! not a good start to the day!<br><br>We set off at 6am and climbed up to the first ruin where Juan talked us through it and told us ...

... couple" nicht mögen, könnte ** treffend** nicht sein. <br><br>Karolina aus Polen, 27, ist, sof**n richtig v**standen, arbeitet in einem auf Wint**sport spezialisi**tem Reisebüro. Monika, ihre Freundin, ist "glaub" in d** selben Branche?! Alex und Tim, zwei wahrlich lustige Zeitgenossen mitte zwanzig, studi**en beide auch Psychlogie und beginnen nach ihrem Aufenthalt in Buenos Aires mit d** Ausbildung zum Doktor. So v**kürzten wir uns die weit**en f ...

... in the air. It felt as if we were entering into heaven, due to the ruins behind him having numerous steps leading waaaay up to the sky. The sky was pure white in colour with numerous clouds that looked like cotton balls. It felt like a magical moment!<br><br> My first impression of the Ollantaytambo ruins were that they were absolutely breathtaking along with the mountains surrounding them. They were made out ...