Ollantaytambo
-=[ DAY SIX - Thur 15th June ]=-
This morning we (once again) were up bright and early for a bus ride into Ollantaytambo and the Sacred Valley. On the way we also stopped at a local community that GAP has been working with to help educate the locals. They were mostly women and children there working with textiles, and their husbands mostly away working as porters. All the Peruvians we have met so far have been extremely friendly, and these villagers were no exception.
Other stops along the way included a walk around the ruins of Pisco, which was our first real training run the Inca Trail (although looking back it was nothing!), and also a visit to a local Chicha house to try their locally brewed corn beer, usually served in a one litre glass. It´s a very refreshing drink and popular amongst porters on the trail when its available.
We also stopped by a llama and alpaca farm before our tour of the ruins at Ollantaytambo. We’ve seen so many ruins already that I forget their Quechuan names. But they never get any less impressive.