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 […]
Read MoreWe 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 […]
Read MorePisac has a great Sunday market when villagers come down from the Andes to barter and sell their wares and to catch up with the gossip. Despite the many tourists this market has its own charm as it is a traditional market. It is very colourful with the traditional Peruvian weaving and handicrafts on display […]
Read MoreOllantaytambo is one of my favourite villages in the Sacred Valley. It is an old Inca site and the walls and the streets of the village are Inca. Many people come here from outlying villages and so it is very normal for people to be wearing the red Ponchos and hats of the Quechua […]
Read MoreWe ran the Paro (strike) from Arequipa to Chivay by ignoring it and got to Puno on a Sunday night. The bus avoided the strike by pulling all the curtains and taking the rough back roads to Puno. It was full of hairpin bends and we were in a convoy of at least six […]
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