2007/12/22

Sacred Valley


The four days on the Inca Trail were followed by a relaxing, “touri” like one day excursion to the Sacred Valley of the Incas. We first stopped at the site of Sacsayhuaman in the outskirts of Cuzco, where we could see some impressive Inca walls with massive rocks weighting up to 130 tons.
The next stop was at the museum of the llama, where you could of course also buy all sorts of things made of llama and alpaca wool.
Unfortunately the weather was not great that day and so our visit to the Inca fortres of Pisac was cut rather short. We had lunch in Pisac and also some free time to explore the local market and spend our money on presents and other stuff!

The next stop was at a traditional chicha bar, where we tasted the typical chicha (corn beer).
The last stop in the afternoon was in Ollantaytambo (which was also the starting point of our Inca trek a few days earlier), where we climbed the enormous Inca terraces constructed on the side of a steep mountain.














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