Sacred Valley, Peru Nov. 2010

We left early this morning by van for a private tour of the Sacred Valley, we travelled with a driver and the best guide ever Norma. The first place we went to was a Llama/ Alpacha Education Centre. I fed the Alpachas and named one Albey the Alpacha and now Bill wont let me bring him home...I think Kai would love him but Indy would never speak to me again! From there we drove through some of the most beautiful land I have ever seen. Lush greens, mixed with flowering cactus and towering mountains, all this brought us up to Pisco. Literially up and then we walked up somemore then down and then back up, then we turned around and went back to the beginning! The site is amazing and Norma passed on so much information about the Inca people and their culture. After that stimulating ( but exhausting) trek we loaded back into the van and headed to a small town called Urubanab where we ate a great buffet lunch and got to try some of the local specailities. I still have not and don't think I will try Guinee Pig! From there we headed for Ollanantaytambo, otherwise known as Tambo. Here we toured another Inca site and somehow became very popular with a school group from Lima here on their version of a Graduation trip, and spent at least twenty minutes posing with them for pictures. Very strange these kids. We're staying here in Tambo for tonight and tomorrow as we take the train first thing tomorrow to Machu Picchu. We have a very nice B and B that Bill, again found on the net...go Bill! and have met the most fabulous couple working there.