Peru Day 3: The Sacred Valley
Day 3: The Sacred Valley–This entry was written on May 11, 2006
On Wednesday, we took a tour of the Sacred Valley, with all of hte little mountain towns and farming communities and the many Incan ruins scattered all around. It was pretty amazing.
We started out by driving down into the Pisac valley. After hiking around some ruins for a bit, we wandered around the Pisac market. This market is clearly aimed squarely at the tourists, with all kinds of knick-knacks and other souvenirs.
We then drove to lunch at this former hacienda. It was amazingly peaceful, with green grass all around, birds chirping, and the soft sounds of wind rustling through the leaves.
After lunch, we drove to Ollantaytambo, one of the oldest Incan towns left intact that is still in active use today. It’s also the site of an Incan palace, whose construction was halted before it was completed. It was really quite fascinating to get to look at all the stonework.