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11 Aug 2009

Machu Picchu

It is very weird to arrive in a town (Agua Calientes) which has a railway track running through it. You have to step over the rails to get from one side to the other. It is very reminiscent of the old wild west towns and as we found out this place is rip off city […]

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02 Aug 2009
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Juan Pablo 11

I loved my work with the Orphanage and I really loved the children who were very affectionate and give you lots of kisses and cuddles when you arrived and sneezed all over you (Hence my recent cold!!). Initially I helped the Mamas who each have about six to eight children to look after. The orphanage […]

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02 Aug 2009

Salineras

Salineras de Maras seems a typical Peruvian village but for the fact that almost everyone works in the salt terraces nearby harvesting salt using the ancient pre-Incan methods of producing salt. We hiked down a canyon through mountain valleys off the beaten track to Salineras village where people still wear traditional clothes. Qoripujio has […]

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02 Aug 2009

The Scared Valley: Moray and Maras, Tipon and Urcos, Pikillaqta and Andahuaylillas

The narrow winding Rio Urumbamba valley known as the Sacred Valley runs from East to West from Pisac to Ollantaytambo with the snow capped Andes in the background. It was a key place of settlement for the Inca with its verdant valleys, agreeable climate and fertile ground While Salinas near Maras provides you with the […]

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02 Aug 2009

Tipon and Urcos

We had intended to spend the weekend in Andahuaylillias which is my favourite church in all of Peru. It is heavily decorated with painted murals but I like the three crosses outside the church which throw their shadow on the church. It is a tiny village to have such an amazing church but was once […]