Day 24 (Tuesday 6th December 2016)
Rest Day, Cusco
So good to have two days without having to drive and navigate.
After a bit of a sleep in, Dante the guide from yesterday took 6 of us to the market town of Pisaq. Leaving the hotel and turning into the large main square we saw there was a large parade going on, police, tourist police, military all dressed in their finest. We stopped, got out and took photos. The camouflaged group were hilarious.
Next were more Inca ruins , Sasayhumanam (shortened to Sexy Woman by tourists years ago).
We then drove to an alpaca/llama farm & museum. There were all the different breeds of alpacas & llamas guanacos, suris and vicunas.
The Suri breed looked as if they were draped in blankets as their wool went down to the ground.
This was a really interesting place as local women did weaving here and we saw how they created the traditional dyes for the cloth they were weaving.
Pisaq is famous for its market selling lots of tourist goods. Before walking around the stalls the guide introduced us to a man who informed us about how to tell real alpaca goods, and not those mixed with synthetics.
We then drove to the village of Lamy, famous for its roasted guinea pig (cuy). Women roast them on fires close to the main road and sell them to passing cars. Some in our party wanted to try them so we stopped and sat at a table in the middle of the street. Having kept pet guinea pigs as children, there was no way I was going to eat it.
Then we went on to lunch at Yucay, near Urubamba and had delicious food of all the regional specialities and then a demonstration of riders on Paso horses who have an unusual gait on their front legs.
Rest Day, Cusco
So good to have two days without having to drive and navigate.
After a bit of a sleep in, Dante the guide from yesterday took 6 of us to the market town of Pisaq. Leaving the hotel and turning into the large main square we saw there was a large parade going on, police, tourist police, military all dressed in their finest. We stopped, got out and took photos. The camouflaged group were hilarious.
Next were more Inca ruins , Sasayhumanam (shortened to Sexy Woman by tourists years ago).
We then drove to an alpaca/llama farm & museum. There were all the different breeds of alpacas & llamas guanacos, suris and vicunas.
The Suri breed looked as if they were draped in blankets as their wool went down to the ground.
This was a really interesting place as local women did weaving here and we saw how they created the traditional dyes for the cloth they were weaving.
Pisaq is famous for its market selling lots of tourist goods. Before walking around the stalls the guide introduced us to a man who informed us about how to tell real alpaca goods, and not those mixed with synthetics.
We then drove to the village of Lamy, famous for its roasted guinea pig (cuy). Women roast them on fires close to the main road and sell them to passing cars. Some in our party wanted to try them so we stopped and sat at a table in the middle of the street. Having kept pet guinea pigs as children, there was no way I was going to eat it.
Then we went on to lunch at Yucay, near Urubamba and had delicious food of all the regional specialities and then a demonstration of riders on Paso horses who have an unusual gait on their front legs.
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