Saturday, April 2, 2011

Photoblog for Ollayantambo trip

Moray - the circular maize which was used by the Incas to grow crops at different micro climatic temperatures (each consecutive line increases by 5 degrees)
The Girl Gang (L2R): Maja, moi, Esther and Christina

 The Salinas - Salt Flats
Hairpin bend of a road ungraciously winding it´s way down
Hillbilly poser making a comeback. Before the hike down the Salinas

The river & bridge which led to salvation aka Ollayantambo
 Tolkien´s Ollayantambo village - in the Sacred Valley
Unfortunately these photos do not do the magnificence or size of the mountains justice
Inca ruins situated high up on the mountains
Maja eating cow´s heart on a stick. A delicatessen for 1Sole (R2.70)
Woman carrying food used to fatten up the guinea pigs (see previous entry)

 And the hike up to the Pisac Ruins
During your walk up you hear pan flutes. This was one of the pan flute playing villagers who told us about the area and ruins.
 Fluit fluit my storie is uit :-)

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Breathtaking photos.

Janine said...

Thank you! Wish you could have seen it for yourself. Thought the photos were really ucky in comparison to the magnificence of the surrounds.

Unknown said...

Love the photo of you walking up the road. Can see that those buns of yours are hard at work! :-)

Unknown said...

you are amazing, I am getting more and more depressed that i am not there. Love you stories and your journey so far, find myself on your blog procrastinating from work whenever I can.
Thank you for all the input and tips just wish I was there!
Chrisitn

Anonymous said...

excellent article. But I need more written

Janine said...

Dear Anonymous

Thank you for your comment. When you say you need more written, do you mean with regards to this article, or on the blog as a whole?
Very inspiring to hear that you enjoyed the read, made my day :-)
Hope to hear from you soon!
Best regards,
Janine (blog owner)