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Back when cable t.v. didn’t exist in our house, our favorite past time was sitting in our laundry basket pretending it was a raft on the Amazon.  I sat in front wearing a Hawaiian hat I won guessing the number of pumpkin seeds in the jar at school, while holding our Peter Pan book open to the first page that had a map of Never Never Land (even then I was the navigator).  Jen sat behind me and pretended to steer the boat.  We were on safari in the jungle.  Fast forward ...

Sunday we took an all day tour of the Sacred Valley which is the area between Cusco and Machu Picchu with lots of ruins, markets, etc.  Organized tours are not necessarily my favorite thing to do but it was Sunday market day and we figured it would be fun.  The drive over the pass from Cusco was pretty spectacular but we knew we were on the dorky tourist bus when we blasted by the ruins at Tambomachay and Pukara in order to get to the souvenir stands more rapidly….We did stop at a...

we leave canada direction peru to find the real civilisation of the inca time

I had an amazing time in Peru. Spent time in Cusco, Ollantaytambo, Machu Picchu and Lima. Adjusting to the altitude of Cusco was unquestionably necessary. The people, their crafts and the ruins of this region are simply beautiful.

Our trip to Machu Picchu began with a tour of the Sacred Valley or 'Valle Sagrada'.  We stopped in the Pisac market and grabbed some fresh empanadas recently pulled from the oven.  Then as we walked toward the marketplace two llamas sprinted past us oblivious to our presence and shoved their faces into a bucket of carrots I'm hoping was placed for them. The market was full of colours and sounds and people moving all over the place.  I purchased a couple things then decided to ...

Today Pisac is a picturesque village, typical except for the huge tree that dominates the central square. The village is best known for its Sunday market, which draws hundreds of tourists each week. In spite of its popularity the market still retains some of its local charm, at least in the part where villagers from miles around gather to barter and sell their produce. In the tourist section of the market you can buy the usual variety of handicrafts - mostly the same things you see in Cusco a...

In november I made a roundtrip in Peru for about three weeks. I started in Lima, than travelled further to Ica, Huacachina, Nazca, Arequipa and Puno. The last places were Cusco and the mysterious city of Machu Picchu

am sonntag klingelt erneut viel zu frueh unser wecker, da unser zug aguas calientes zurueck richtung ollantaytambo bereits um 5.45 verlaesst. von ollantaytambo fahren wir mit shared taxi und bus ins 54 km entfernte pisac, ein kleines dorf ebenfalls im sacred valley wo sonntags ein teilweise noch sehr urspruenglicher markt stattfindet. zum glueck erreichen wir den marktplatz vor den tour-touristen-massen und koennen ungestoert beobachten wie die einheimischen gemuese und fruechte kauften. ...

Peru is phenomenal! Every part of my trip was amazing, from my first passport stamp to my last night in Peru consisting of two hours of sleep.

You can ask people where to take the local bus to Pisac (the sign should say headed to Ollantaytambo). The bus ride should cost about 2 soles but it will most likely be jam-packed. I was squashed up against the door and a woman holding her infant. The infant had a cold and was trying to grab my hat from my head. The bus ride should last about an hour but it was such a fun experience. On the way back, take the bus headed for Cusco and if you want to stop at the ruins, tell them to stop ...

We set out on the third day knowing that this was to be the last day of serious treking (some 7/8 hours of walking ahead of us) and thinking that the hardest pasrt was behind us.  But the first part of this day´s walk is a really difficult steep ascent for the first hour or two, more difficult than the Dead Woman´s Pass in my opinion (or perhaps it just felt more difficult becuase of the tiredness from the day before!). On the way up we did get a breather as we stopped at an Inca ware...

Unmatched beauty, unparalleled visions ... Peru left me without words ... well, maybe I found a few.

     They Sacred Valley was our destination today, with stops at the market in Pisac, and the ruins at Ollantaytambo.  Our itinerary began with a visit to an alpaca farm.  They also housed llamas and vicunas and schooled us in the differences.  Interesting creatures!  They spit, smell, and seem to eat all the time.  How do such nasty animals create such incredible wool?  The patterns that the locals wove were amazing.  Several children we...

A more humorous look at my attempt to learn about other cultures and places.

Perú, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile... ...I across South America alone with my Diary