On our second weekend in Cusco, we set off on adventure. You saw pictures of ruins in my last post, as there are a few small cool things to see very close to Cusco. However, on this trip to the Sacred Valley, we realized how much more amazing "ruins" could be. I hope you get the impression in the following pictures of how impressive and beautiful this area truly is.
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| Its a 4 hr hike up to this point, or a 20 minute taxi ride for 6 dollars...seeing as though we've only been here for 2 weeks, we felt completely fine using the "altitude excuse" |
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The alien antennas are hiking poles, we just got our first poles for Christmas from Tom/Nancy, and
we've quickly become believers, if you like hiking and dont like sore knees: buy some |
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| Trying to be a cool picture-taker here, with the clouds/sun..did it work? |
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| Just in case you had gone through withdrawal from "ben/maren pictures from the top of mountains" |
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| This picture shows the "valley" aspect of this sacred valley |
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| Man in picture with red shirt walked down the mountain playing a lyre, it was as if we had a live soundtrack |
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| Cuy (guinea pig) is a delicacy in Peru, we havent been brave enough yet, and all these restaurants with guinea pig displays aren't building my appetite, I guess the idea is to prove how fresh the meat is, idk? |
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| Our view from our hotel...its pretty amazing how just 7 days of sharing a room with a family makes you crave your own quiet space, this hotel was the perfect peaceful respite |
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| View of and from breakfast... |
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| Ollanytambo below..super cool little town, we'll be back several times |
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| Look closely...in the middle of hiking around these ruins in Chinchero, we stumbled upon these 100 or so people, sitting in big circles drinking beer...men on one side/ women on the other, what a cool sunday afternoon tradition |
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| red crates held all the beer, wish we were invited to join this sweet hangout |
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Our friends directed us to this really cool woman's co-op where they make really beautiful things, we bought an amazing hand-made alfombra (rug), feeling really good about this purchase
CLICK BELOW TO SEE MORE PICTURES (this is my favorite album of the 4 I have published so far, soo....if you've been avoiding the extra pictures on my posts, this might be the one to click)
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