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Ollantaytambo, Peru (sacred valley)Mar 28, 2007
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| March 28 - 29, 2007 Today we caught a bus from Cusco to Ollantaytambo, along the way passing through many different sites of the sacred valley. Some sites along the way was the llama/alpaca farm, the local corn beer brewery and a few sacred places which names escape me at the moment. The llama/alpaca farm had a few different sections for each different type of llama and alpaca which is found throughout sth america, mainly peru and bolivia. This was a great stop as most of the llama/alpaca are fairly domesticated so we could pat them and even give them a bit of a hug for the photos. Even though these guys are part of the camel family they can only carry a maximum of 50kg, and i can definitely say that is true as one of the american guys (Will) that we were travelling with was still a bit drunk from the night before, and I gave him a little bit of encouragement to ride one of the llama's, and before you knew it he was trying to get on the back of one (90kg man), it was obvious that the llamas didnt appreciate it too much, so all of a sudden there was a flurry of llamas getting away from everyone, a very funny site. One of the fascinating stops was where a local corn beer was made. Just a quick background first about corn, there are lots and lots of different types of corn throughout peru (only second to the potato). The place we stopped at made beer from corn, it was very yeasty so to speak (Yuk), but we also tried a strawberry one, which tasted a little better. After a few stops throughout the sacred valley, and after seeing some amazing views from the mountain we arrived at our destination for the night being Ollantaytambo, a small town which has a great deal of inca history. It was at this town that we stayed before starting our 4 day venture on the historical inca trail. We were fortunate enought to stay at a local home turned hotel with a lady by the name of Doris. It was a great chance for us to get in a have a good home meal the night before setting out on our 4 day trek. |
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