We had an awesome 2 week trip in Peru ,
Nov 27-Dec 11. Peru is
truly inc(a)redible and we loved it!! It was a mom-son trip; planned and
executed with no help from agents. We had a hectic trip covering a lot of
places in depth in a short span of time. Our scheduling had let us
acclimatize to the altitude; we did not experience any sickness. We did
not take any medication… did not try the cocoa tea also. To give a few
details…Our ticketing was through United.
Flew in from Houston Lima 11.30 pm , Collected
our checkin bag, walked over to LAN counter. They are open throughout the
night. They checked us in at once for our 5am
flight to Cusco
Aeropuerto-Ollantaytambo=45$
Aeropuerto- Maras -Moray-
Ollantaytambo=70$
was his quote; we happily paid for the latter.
We have basic Spanish, Marco has little English, we got
along great!
An English speaking helper met us inside the airport,
collected our checkin bag. We drew 500 soles at the airport ATM, went to
the parked car and were on our way.
We needed a big bottle of water, Marco stopped at a
store that opened that early. |
| Cusco airport car park |
We sped through scenic roads and reached Moray.
These touristy places have clean toilets but no TP;
We carried toilet paper, so no worries
We bought the Boleto turistico at Moray
It served for a host of sites in sacred valley.
The agricultural terraces are
stunningly beautiful
Incas had used these as labs to adapt foreign plants to their region.
After an hour there, we checked out the
pretty plaza in the village
pretty plaza in the village
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Bought fruits from local ladies at the market--
6 tasty bananas for just 1 sole!!
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| fresh produce... |
Next was the salineras—
another awesome specimen of the ingenuity of the Incas.
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| Matching strides with a local beauty |
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| Posing with a local beauty... |
where salt is produced when the water evaporates.
Very Scenic place...
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| salt bags stacked up... |
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| different stages of salt production |
Bought some souvenirs from a shop---very reasonably priced.
Had a scenic drive onward to Olantaytambo.
Reached our hotel and checked in. Stay at hostal iskay
(*hostal is inn, name given for hotels with less than 15 rooms)
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| tiny room... we had not booked this, we had booked a twin room... for our 2nd stay when we returned from MP, we got a bigger, better room. |
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| our private terrace in front of the hotel room; ollantaytambo ruins stretch out in front... |
All the sites had no other tourist around as you can see from our
pics---
it was such a soul stirring moment enjoying them in such solitude!
it was such a soul stirring moment enjoying them in such solitude!
Our 1st day in Peru has been GREAT; a sign of things to come...
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