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<title><![CDATA[A Study: Street Scene, a Peruvian Cafe, Take 2]]></title>
<link>http://mtnspirit.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/a-study-street-scene-a-peruvian-cafe-take-2/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mtnspirit</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[This second footage was taken right after the first,  in Pisac, Peru on market day. Every Sunday loc]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:left;">This second footage was taken right after the first,  in Pisac, Peru on market day. Every Sunday local campasinos, Peruvians from the neighboring villages as well as tourists, students from all over the world pass the streets of Pisac to see items for sale. The paserbys were caught on tape during this impromptu filming while I was sitting in small cafe on one of the main streets leading to the market. A good study on a Sunday afternoon cross section on a street in Peru.<br />
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<title><![CDATA[A Study: Street Scene, a Peruvian Cafe, Take 1]]></title>
<link>http://mtnspirit.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/a-study-street-scene-a-peruvian-cafe-take-1/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mtnspirit</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[This footage was taken in Pisac, Peru on market day. Every Sunday local campasinos, Peruvians from t]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[25. Wracamy do Cusco. El Valle Sagrado-Świeta Dolina Inków i jej zabytki.]]></title>
<link>http://jadwigasz.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/25-wracamy-do-cusco-el-valle-sagrado-swieta-dolina-inkow-i-jej-zabytki/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jadwi</dc:creator>
<guid>http://jadwigasz.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/25-wracamy-do-cusco-el-valle-sagrado-swieta-dolina-inkow-i-jej-zabytki/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Po powrocie z Machu Picchu do Cusco wykupiliśmy turystyczne bilety na zwiedzanie zabytków w mieście ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Po powrocie z Machu Picchu do Cusco wykupiliśmy turystyczne bilety na zwiedzanie zabytków w mieście i jego okolicach (Boleto turistico), a dokładnie w Świętej Dolinie Inków, El Valle Sagrado. Jest do malownicza dolina, gdzie można obejrzeć ruiny inkaskich budowli mieszkalnych, świątyń, laboratoriów , fortecę i mury obronne przebiegające kiedyś wokół Cusco. I tak zaczęliśmy zwiedzanie od monumentu <em>Pachacuteca</em>, najważniejszego władcy inkaskiego, który rozbudował i wzmocnił swoje królestwo, które za jego czasów stało się prawdziwą potęgą na kontynencie i obejmowało swoim zasięgiem rejony dzisiejszego Ekwadoru, Kolumbii, Chile i Brazylii. Pachacutec zbudował tysiące km dróg górskich, schodów, szlaków którymi przekazywali sobie informacje indiańscy posłańcy, <em>chaskis</em>, którzy biegnąc od jednego posterunku do drugiego zostawiali kolejnemu posłańcowi wiadomości mówione i zapisane w postaci węzełków <em>kipu</em>. Inkowie nie znali pisma, nie używali zapraw murarskich ani koła, prochu. Dziś pomnik króla znajduje się w samym centrum miasta i połyskuje na złoto. W ciągu dnia zobaczyłam potężną fortecę w Dolinie Inków, <em>Saqsayhuaman</em>, zbudowaną z olbrzymich bloków skalnych, ułożonych jeden przy drugim jak puzzle. Do dzisiaj zachowały się całe fragmenty murów tej fortecy.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-284" title="SDC10318" src="http://jadwigasz.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/sdc10318.jpg?w=300" alt="SDC10318" width="300" height="225" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Saqsahuaman</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-285" title="SDC10331" src="http://jadwigasz.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/sdc10331.jpg?w=300" alt="SDC10331" width="300" height="225" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">choclo w Pisac</p>
<p>Niedaleko znajduje się <em>Pikillacta i Q&#8217;enqo</em>, dawne posterunki straży oraz <em>Puka Pukara</em>, wartownia. Na szczególną uwagę zasługuje forteca-świątynia w małym miasteczku,<em> Ollantaytambo</em>, o którym już wspomniałam przy okazji szlaków Inków. Inkowie opracowali doskonałe wzmocnienia konstrukcji kamiennej, która miała na celu przeciwdziałać wstrząsom sejsmicznym bardzo częstym w tym regionie i które można zobaczyć właśnie w tym miejscu. Utrzymywały one te wielkie bloki kamienne w ryzach, przez co w razie wstrząsów inkaskie budowle wytrzymywały trzęsienia ziemi. Widać ich efekt w czasach dzisiejszych, kiedy to walą się współczesne budowle przy byle tąpnięciu a te inkaskie stoją niewzruszone już od kilkuset lat. Polecam gorąco wizytę w <em>Tipon</em> i <em>Tambomachay</em> by obejrzeć fontanny skalne i inkaskie wodociągi, oraz <em>Moray</em>, tajemnicze miejsce z wielkimi kamiennymi okręgami, które najprawdopodobniej służyły kiedyś jako tarasy hodowli eksperymentalnych. Mówi się, że to tutaj Inkowie udomawiali dzikie rośliny. Kolejnego dnia pojechaliśmy do <em>Pisac</em> , gdzie znajdują się ruiny innej świątyni-twierdzy w górach oraz na dole, w miasteczku, ogromne targowisko z różnościami rękodzielniczymi i kulinarnymi. Tam spróbowaliśmy gotowaną kukurydzę czyli <em>choclo</em> (pyszność) i pieczonego <em>cuya</em>, czyli amerykańską świnkę morską (zwaną też królikiem indyjskim); przyznam że był straszny&#8230;</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;">pieczony cuy</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-287" title="SDC10553" src="http://jadwigasz.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/sdc10553.jpg?w=300" alt="SDC10553" width="300" height="225" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Moray</p>
<p>Po południu zawitaliśmy jeszcze do Chinchero, małej wioski z pięknym, starym kolonialnym kościołem i tam uczestniczyliśmy w pokazie wyrobu naturalnych barwników i barwienia tkanin. W Chinchero ludzie umieszczają na dachach swoich domów terakotowe kolorowe krówki, które mają zapewnić im pomyślność i bezpieczeństwo.</p>
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<p>Po powrocie do Cusco, gdzie dzięki naszym &#8220;wejściówkom&#8221; jeszcze szybko obejrzeliśmy spektakl w teatrze i pokaz tańców i strojów z różnych regionów Peru, muzeum historyczne miasta Cusco, po czym spakowaliśmy bagaże i nocnym autobusem pojechaliśmy na południe kraju, do Puno. Tam czekało na nas kolejne niezwykłe miejsce w dawnym inkaskim imperium: jezioro <em>Titicaca.</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Sacred Valley - Peru]]></title>
<link>http://pixinmotion.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/the-sacred-valley-peru/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>PixInMotion</dc:creator>
<guid>http://pixinmotion.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/the-sacred-valley-peru/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Sacred Valley of the Incas or Urubamba Valley is located below the Andes of Peru, close to the I]]></description>
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<td valign="top">The <strong>Sacred Valley <img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-173" title="Aerial Sacred Valley" src="http://pixinmotion.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/aerial-5-8-a.jpg?w=300" alt="Aerial Sacred Valley" width="300" height="212" />of the Incas</strong> or <strong>Urubamba Valley</strong> is located below the Andes of Peru, close to the Inca capital of Cusco and below the ancient sacred city of Machu Picchu.The valley is generally understood to include everything between Písac and Ollantaytambo, parallel to the Urubamba River, or Vilcanota River or Wilcamayu, as this <em>Sacred river</em> is called when passing through the valley. It is fed by numerous rivers which descend through adjoining valleys and gorges, and contains numerous archaeological remains and villages. The valley was appreciated by the Incas due to its special geographical and climatic qualities. It was one of the empire&#8217;s main points for the extraction of natural wealth, and the best place for maize production in Peru.</p>
<p>Watch the video at ===&#62; <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/7460757">http://www.vimeo.com/7460757</a></p>
<p>I was inspired to create this montage when I saw the people of this land and valley many years ago. It took a long time to put these memories to images. What is more powerful in my mind&#8217;s eye is not just the scenery but the beatiful people and their humble demeanor. They are the descendants of the proud Incas, a civilization that discovered star gazing, calendars, unique building methods, innovations in agriculture, irrigation, aquaculture, mining, smelting of metals, and beautiful colors/art.</p>
<p>Unfortunately they decayed into poverty and descended as a civilization due to plague, brute force, war and dominance by the spanish conquistadors who together with the roman catholic/spanish church were in search of gold, riches, slaves and converts at all costs.  If anything, I had to shorten this piece, because there was so much to say and so little space/time.</p>
<p>Used in this production: Aerial shots and rotations, photos from colleagues and friends, public domain, art and antiquities.</p>
<p>Enjoy, and let me know what you really think&#8230;</p>
<p>Leo Bar <em>Pix In Motion &#8211; </em>Creative Imagining<br />
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<title><![CDATA["BIVŠI" KOMŠIJA]]></title>
<link>http://dudaelixir.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/bivsi-komsija/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dudaelixir</dc:creator>
<guid>http://dudaelixir.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/bivsi-komsija/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Prelistavam danas jedne zenske novine i naidjem na dve pesme Aleksandra Tišme. Bože, pomislim, čovek]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Prelistavam danas jedne zenske novine i naidjem na dve pesme Aleksandra Tišme. Bože, pomislim, čovek mi je bio komšija godinama, a ja nisam nikada ništa pročitala od svega  što je napisao. I pročitah. Evo jedne, koja me je baš dirnula. Ne padam inače na pesme i retko ih čitam, ali, pesme mog bivšeg komšije, jesam! </p>
<p>TU GDE SEDNE RUKA TVOJA</p>
<p>TU GDE SEDNE RUKA TVOJA<br />
OKRUŽI ME DOM:<br />
DANAS U KAFANI<br />
JUČE U PARKU NA TRAVI<br />
DOK VREVA DRUGIH LJUDI NISKO BRUJI KAO PČELA LET<br />
I SUNČANI NAS VAZDUH ZNOJNO SPAJA<br />
I TVOJE RUŽIČASTO TOPLO GRLO<br />
REČ SVAKU NAŠU DUBOKO NATAPA.</p>
<p>ODEŠ LI, BIĆU SAM U HLADNOM<br />
BIĆU SAM<br />
U HLADNOM<br />
BIĆU SAM<br />
SAM<br />
I NIKAD VIŠE NEĆU IMATI DOMA SVOG<br />
BAŠ KAO NI PUTNIK KOGA SMER OSTAVI<br />
ILI KAO GRUDA KOJU VAL ODVALI.<br />
<img src="http://dudaelixir.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/images.jpg" alt="images" title="images" width="104" height="93" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-695" /><br />
Tako je nekako topla i istinita! </p>
<p> Sestra i ja smo  bile  male, ali  dovoljno odrasle da ukapiramo da su se preko puta naše zgrade doselile komšije, sa sinom, otprilike mojih godina. Možda je to bilo čak i u prvih par razreda osnovne škole. Visoko prizemlje, kako su zvali naš i njihov sprat, omogućio nam je da malo zvirkamo preko, kod njih u stan. On se nalazio na ćosku Jadranske i Kosovske ulice, na neparnoj strani. U desnoj sobi, bio je uglavnom, otvoren prozor i jedino sto se videlo, to je bila lampa, lula i deo lica našeg komšije. Pitale smo se ko je i šta radi. E, kasnije, mama i tata su nam objasnili da je &#8220;lulaš&#8221;, kako smo ga nas dve zvale, bio &#8220;neki pisac&#8221;, da bi, naravno, godinama kasnije, mnogo toga slušale o njemu, čitale o njemu, gledale ga na tv a i sa njegovim sinom išle u istu osnovnu školu. Onda su došle neke godine, kada smo se nešto svi rasuli, pa mi se i &#8220;zatro&#8221; trag o komšijama. </p>
<p>Sretala sam Tišminog sina, čula da mu je otac umro, na žalost, mati je, mislim, još uvek živa. </p>
<p>Za sav svoj rad i trud, dobio je mnoga priznanja, a i svoju ulicu u komšiluku. Nisam mogla da verujem, da se neko setio. Baš,  zgrada  u kojoj je živeo Aleksandar Tišma, jednim svojim delom izlazi na bivšu Jadransku, koja se konačno zove ULICA ALEKSANDRA TIŠME! Jeste jedna mala i uzana ulica, ali nosi naziv velikog čoveka.<br />
Bio je jedan tih, miran i povučen gospodin. Uvek se javljao, nekako sa naklonom, kao što su se nekada gospoda javljala damama! Bečka škola, što bi rekli, mi, kojima su roditelji pričali o tome! </p>
<p>Ostao mi je u pameti sa lulom u ustima i kačketom na glavi, kada je<br />
šetao, zimskim danima! </p>
<p>Ove pesma, zaintrigirala me je da pročitam i po neki roman, koji je napisao moj komšija!</p>
<p>Eto, toliko od mene, a ostalo što vas interesuje, možete pronaći, znate već gde!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[formalnie rzecz ujmując - "pani po szkole" dała dupy]]></title>
<link>http://analogicznie.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/formalnie-rzecz-ujmujac-pani-po-szkole-dala-dupy/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>analog</dc:creator>
<guid>http://analogicznie.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/formalnie-rzecz-ujmujac-pani-po-szkole-dala-dupy/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[50. Cusco &amp; Pisac]]></title>
<link>http://kojin.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/50-cusco-pisac/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>kojin</dc:creator>
<guid>http://kojin.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/50-cusco-pisac/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[50. Cusco &amp; Pisac]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pisac y el Cusco]]></title>
<link>http://ontravelling.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/pisac-y-el-cusco/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ontravelling</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ontravelling.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/pisac-y-el-cusco/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Los autobuses que hacen el trayecto de regreso de Machu Picchu a Aguas Calientes, salen cada 10 minu]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Los autobuses que hacen el trayecto de regreso de Machu Picchu a Aguas Calientes, salen cada 10 minutos desde la puerta de entrada&#8230; (sí!, sí!, allí dónde por una agua de 100 ml te cobran 8 soles!, repito&#8230; 8 soles! ya se sabe, <a href="http://www.elblogsalmon.com/conceptos-de-economia/que-es-la-oferta-y-la-demanda">la ley de la oferta y la demanda</a>.)</p>
<p>Eran casi las 4 y media de la tarde cuando estabamos bajando hacia Aguas Calientes, nos sorprendió la cantidad de mosquitos que salen a recibir a los visitantes, e hincharles las piernas y los brazos&#8230; son muy pequeños, no hacen ruido, pero cuando te das cuenta, te han dejado unas ampollas que duelen como demonios!.</p>
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<li><strong>Imprescindible </strong>repelente anti mosquitos, con alta concentración de <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEET">Deet</a>.</li>
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<p>Nos dimos una vueltita por el anchísimo mercado que se encuentra al lado de la vía (&#8230; bueno, en Aguas, ¿qué no está al lado de la vía? jejeje), y bajamos a Ollanta en el último tren, el de las 18:30. Queríamos llegar a Pisac esa misma noche y hospedarnos allí, ya que los domingos es el día de su famoso y concurrido mercado; así que regateamos con los taxistas que se aposataban en la puerta de salida de la estación, al final un taxi nos ofreció llevarnos por 60 S. Era un hombre muy amable, aunque no hablaba mucho español, lo suyo era el Quechua; no quería llevarnos por menos, ya que nos explicó que esa carretera era un poco peligrosa, que a veces, se oían noticias sobre asaltos.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-220" title="tintes para ropa, mercado de Pisac" src="http://ontravelling.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/imatge-wordpress-9.jpg" alt="tintes para ropa, mercado de Pisac" width="500" height="127" /></p>
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<p>Llegamos de noche, y en la <a href="http://www.qosqo.com/qosqoes/pisaq.shtml">Plaza de Armas </a>los hoteles eran carísimos&#8230; nos indicaron un hostal,  en la cerretera pincipal, cerca de la estación de autobuses (no nos acordamos del nombre), a 25 S. habitación matrimonial, una ganga!. Lo lleva una familia bastante cordial.</p>
<p>Por la mañanita llegamos a lo alto de <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%ADsac">Pisac</a>, ascendiendo por la empinada calle a la izquierda de la plaza, y nos distraímos observando la cantidad campesinos de las comunidades cercanas que descienden de las montañas para comercializar tanto sus productos agrícolas, como de artesanía. Su piel está tostada y cortada, fruto de la combinación del fuerte sol y los vientos andinos, que la agrietan como a la superficie de costra de las montañas. </p>
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<li>El<strong> &#8220;mercado indígena&#8221; </strong>agrupa multitud de culturas,  que exhiben vetimentas y curiosos sombreros, a cuál más colorista. </li>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-221" title="trajes típicos, mercado de Pisac" src="http://ontravelling.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/imatge-wordpress-37.jpg" alt="trajes típicos, mercado de Pisac" width="500" height="127" /></p>
<p>Lo que más nos sorprendió fue la increíble cantidad de turistas que había, ya que, hasta este punto del viaje, prácicamente no habíamos visto ni uno. Tomamos zumo de naranja, y comimos en un restaurante situado en una callejuela paralela al bullicio, dónde los mercadistas se toman un descanso.</p>
<p>Por la tarde, barajábamos la posibildad de subirnos a un autobús para llegar a Cusco, pero el percal era importante, un hormigueo constante, una multitud con bártulos que habían pensado lo mismo.. :p , al final nos fuimos en taxi compartido con una pareja de Argentinos, muy divertidos.</p>
<p>Nos dirigimos directamente a San Blas a buscar hospedaje, y lo encontramos en &#8220;Los Andes de San Blas&#8221; por 60 S., muy correcto, y con Internet gratuito. Teníamos poco tiempo, solo medio día y nos dedicamos a recorrer todas las calles que rodean la enorme Plaza. </p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-283" title="Plaza de Armas, Cusco" src="http://ontravelling.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/imatge-wordpress-42.jpg" alt="Plaza de Armas, Cusco" width="500" height="127" /></p>
<p>Cusco alto, es precioso! todo lo que rodea el centro, sus calles empedradas, sus arcadas, sus agrupaciones de comercios&#8230; que si cirios, zapateros, imprentas, boticas, etc.</p>
<p>Lunes a medio día, regresábamos a Lima, pero eso os lo explico en la próxima entrada.</p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>About a week ago I took a day tour of the Sacred Valley. The company SAS Travel was recommended to me, so I went with them after they gave me a discounted price of about $15 (which quickly turns into more with the tourist ticket you have to buy to get into the sites, which is 70 soles or about $23 for a student or one-day ticket, plus the 20 sol buffet lunch they basically force you to buy!)</p>
<div id="attachment_351" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 235px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-351" title="Pisac" src="http://girlunmapped.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/img_2023.jpg?w=225" alt="Ruins at Pisac" width="225" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Ruins at Pisac</p></div>
<p>The trip was really good overall, though, and I really learned a lot. Our first stop was Pisac. The ruins there were really awesome and really big and spread out. If I had it to do over again, I definitely would have spent more time there, maybe stayed the night in Pisac and had the whole day to explore the ruins.</p>
<p>I also liked that you had some freedom to kind of wander as you pleased. I climbed up over a little hill and found some random ruins behind that were completely empty of people and had a really nice view of the sacred river Urubamba and the surrounding valley. I took my time hanging out there before returning to my group and exploring a bit more of the ruins. In less than an hour and a half (just not enough time!) we were back on the bus to drive to the next stop.</p>
<p>Ollantaytambo is probably one of the most famous places in the Sacred Valley, and also the town where most people catch the train to Machu Picchu Pueblo. The ruins there are perhaps less sprawling than Pisac (I felt we were able to see pretty much everything in our time there) but impressive because there was much more to learn about them. One of the highlights is the Temple of the Sun, which was unfortunately never finished because the Inca had to abandon the town due to invading Spaniards. The unfinished temple had these insanely huge (and heavy) rocks that the Inca had dragged from a quarry many kilometers away and up to the top of this mountain. Absolutely incredible!</p>
<div id="attachment_352" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-352" title="Ollantaytambo" src="http://girlunmapped.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/img_2090.jpg?w=300" alt="Hanging out at Ollantaytambo" width="300" height="225" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Hanging out at Ollantaytambo</p></div>
<p>On the mountain opposite the ruins there were two &#8220;faces&#8221; that the Inca believed represented the gods. One actually slightly resembled what the Spaniards looked like, which likely meant the Incas believed the Spaniards were actually the gods arriving at first. Another face was actually more of a profile of a head wearing a crown, and on the winter solstice on June 21, the sun rises right at the point of the crown and perfectly illuminates the temple of the sun. The Incas were really amazing in how advanced they were and how much they made use of their knowledge of astronomy!</p>
<p>The ruins again also consisted of tons of terraces. The Inca built terraces absolutely everywhere, on the most unbelievably high parts of mountains. All the terraces had their own microclimates and this enabled the Inca (and the local people even still today) to grown hundreds of different varieties of corn and potatoes.</p>
<p>We then got dumped off at a buffet restaurant where we had to buy lunch, then finished the tour off at the small town of Chinchero. The town was interesting because we got to see a demonstration of how the women dye their thread using local plants, etc. and how they weave textiles. Of course we were then strongly encouraged to buy something to support this small community of handmade producers. Then we visited the church, which is apparently famous for its frescoes (no pictures allowed though) and were told that the Peruvian government was debating building an international airport right in the area around Chinchero, which of course is a very controversial idea. In all, I would have much rather have spent the time we spent eating lunch and visiting Chincero at Pisac instead, but that&#8217;s the price you pay for an organized tour I suppose.</p>
<div id="attachment_350" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-350" title="12-sided stone" src="http://girlunmapped.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/img_1999.jpg?w=300" alt="12-sided stone" width="300" height="225" /><p class="wp-caption-text">12-sided stone</p></div>
<p>The rest of my time before Dad&#8217;s arrival was spent just walking around Cusco, avoiding the harassing souvenir and massage salespeople. I learned that the small road that I had walked down various times, unsure why there were tour groups snapping pictures of nothing, was actually the site of the famous Inca 12-sided stone. Which is just that, a stone that is cut to have twelve sides and sits nonchalantly in a wall with a ton of other similar stones (with probably only a paltry 10 or 11 sides though!) Sometimes there is even an &#8220;guard&#8221; dressed like an Inca warrior, plus a ton of young boys hoping for tips for pointing out the stone. I&#8217;ve debated the merits of the stone&#8217;s reputation with many people, and none of us really get why it&#8217;s so famous, but it&#8217;s obviously considered a symbol of Peru, or at least Cusco for that matter. In fact, Cusco&#8217;s local beer, Cusqueña, even has the stone featured on its bottle.</p>
<p>The hostel I&#8217;m staying at, the infamous Loki, also opened it&#8217;s new bar on Saturday night so everyone in town was there. We even received free t-shirts declaring &#8220;I woz there!&#8221; It was a really good time, as the hostel is full of other friendly solo travelers and I&#8217;d made a lot of friends in my time there.</p>
<div id="attachment_353" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 235px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-353" title="Qorikancha" src="http://girlunmapped.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/img_2146.jpg?w=225" alt="Qorikancha" width="225" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Qorikancha</p></div>
<p>The next morning I was still up bright and early to meet Dad at the hotel after his flight landed in Cusco. We spent the day wandering the city, including visiting (for the second time for me) the convent at Qorikancha, which is a convent that was built by the Spanish on top of what was originally an important Inca temple covered in gold. Inside the convent you can still see a lot of original Inca walls and rooms. It was a really interesting place to visit, right in the heart of Cusco off Avenida del Sol.</p>
<p>Finally we finished off the day with a dinner out on the Plaza de Armas. Dad wanted to try the <em>cuy</em> (guinea pig), and I hadn&#8217;t eaten it yet either so we both decided to order it. Well, let&#8217;s just say it won&#8217;t be something I&#8217;ll be ordering ever again!</p>
<div id="attachment_354" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 235px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-354" title="Guinea pig" src="http://girlunmapped.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/img_2213.jpg?w=225" alt="Cuy/guinea pig" width="225" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Cuy/guinea pig</p></div>
<p>Unfortunately, the restaurant didn&#8217;t even bring out the in-tact guinea pig for us to see first. And unfortunately, it tasted terrible. As I&#8217;d already known, there&#8217;s very little meat on the guinea pig. But there is a TON of fat. And all the bones there reminding you what you were eating. I munched a little bit on it, but ended up having to just order some dessert in order to actually have some kind of a meal. I was not a fan, and I don&#8217;t think Dad was much either.</p>
<p>After dinner it was early to bed, as we had a 6:30am pickup for our Lares Trek.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Fotos de la ciudad de Písac - Perú.]]></title>
<link>http://fotosdehoy.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/fotos-de-la-ciudad-de-pisac-peru/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Písac (también Pisaq) está ubicado a 33 kilómetros de la ciudad del Cusco, en el Perú. Su sit]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#888888;">&#8220;<strong>Písac</strong> (también <strong>Pisaq</strong>) está ubicado a 33 kilómetros de la ciudad del Cusco, en el Perú. Su sitio arqueológico es uno de los más importantes del Valle Sagrado de los Incas. Se encuentra al este de la cordillera de Vilcabamba. Como era costumbre en la arquitectura inca, las ciudades fueron construidas sobre la base de trazos figurativos de animales. Písac, tenía la forma de una perdiz, como dice su nombre.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#888888;">Esta población tiene una parte incaica y otra colonial. Su plaza principal es un lugar entretenido lleno de colorido y con diversos artículos artesanales a la venta. Este pueblo es conocido por su observatorio astronómico.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#888888;">La arquitectura de Písac también es mestiza construida sobre restos indígenas por el virrey Francisco de Toledo. Aquí se puede asistir a una misa en quechua en medio de indígenas y <em>varayocs</em> o alcaldes regionales. Igualmente, <em>se puede comprobar cómo los agrónomos incas resolvieron el problema de sembrar en las pendientes de los cerros</em>.&#8221; (Fuente del texto y más información en Wikipedia)</span></p>
<p>Desde el siguiente enlace podéis acceder a las fotos que realicé en el 2009 de la ciudad de Písac – Perú:</p>
<p><a href="http://cid-2965df36484ab012.skydrive.live.com/play.aspx/Pisac%20%5E5Pisaq%5E6%20-%20Per%c3%ba/Pisac%5E_foto%5E_martin%5E_javier.JPG?ref=2" target="_blank">Álbum de fotos de Písac – Perú</a>. (live spaces)</p>
<p><a href="http://fotosdehoy.wordpress.com/?s=per%C3%BA" target="_self">Otras fotos de Perú en este blog</a>.</p>
<p>Como introducción la siguiente foto:</p>
<p>Foto del Mercado artesal de Pisac en Perú.</p>
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<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Apart from the Cusco Valley, the other important sites collectively called the Sacred Valley - Pisac]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Apart from the Cusco Valley, the other important sites collectively called the Sacred Valley - <em><strong>Pisac, Ollantaytambo, Chinchero</strong></em> and several other sites. My plan is only to visit Pisac and Ollantaytambo.</p>
<p>Just outside Loki Hostal in Cusco, I caught a taxi to take me to <strong>Pisac</strong> village. We negotiated a price in Spanish. The ride took about 45 minutes through terraced fields and more agricultural and barren mountains. Upon reaching Pisac, the driver demanded siete soles[60Sol]. My understanding was 6 Soles as I repeatedly showed him six fingers. I just apologised and said that I am not paying anything more than 20Soles for the ride. Lost in translation. We were both not very happy. Always negotiate the price before boarding any taxi or bus!!</p>
<p>Pisac[2715m] is part of the <strong>Urubamba Valley</strong> with Rio Urubamba passing through the valley skirting this little town. On arriving I headed straight to the Plaza Constitution through a narrow cobbled street to my accommodation Hospedaje Familiar Samana Wasi [20Sol]. It is a double bed room with a wonderful view of the market. It had a nice courtyard for me to relax those weary legs with a cup of Mate de Coca. The restaurant below serves up Trucha [trout] dishes.</p>
<p>The everyday market was in full swing when I arrived. From hand knitted textiles- caps, gloves and sweaters amongst other household items were on sale in make shift tents. The wind was blowing hard and was threatening to rain. The Pisac ruins is just behind this market with an ascending stone staircase lead the way. I was stopped by the guard demanding to see my entrance ticket, which I did not have. I showed him my ticket that I had purchased at Sacsayhuaman. It is not valid, he replied. He looked at it again, then proceeded to clip my ticket and allowed me to continue! Both of knew that there wasn´t much daylight left. I huffed and puffed up the mountain. The views of the valley below was spectacular &#8211; green cultivated fields of mainly corn divided by the Rio Urubamba, the winding main roads on steep brown and barren hills and Pisac village arranged like match boxes with the colorful plaza in the middle. I knew I would not reach the main Inca ruins high above but managed to reach the lookout ruins after a two-hour climb. With daylight running out fast, I made a quick decent but enjoyed all the amazingly built Inca terraced fields. This Pisac ruins is basically an agriculture production area with a commanding position to look on either side of the valley below. There is an easier way to reach the ruins though &#8211; by land transport &#8211; local bus or taxi to the top of the ruins, and then walk all the way down the hill. That evening, after a Trucha dinner, sleep came easily.</p>
<p>Next morning, very early around 5am, I could hear construction work going on. Today is the Sunday market. The vendors had gathered to put up their stalls and moving in their wares and produce. I tossed and turned but in vain. At 7am, the market was in full swing. Apart from the everyday market, vendors selling fresh flowers, an assortment of locally produced vegetables, sacks of dried potatoes of different varieties, natural elements dye for use in textiles coloring, food stalls were doing brisk business of steaming bowls of soup and other dishes, women selling pan[flat homemade bread], steaming hot boiled corn and a lone man with a sack of coca leaves amongst others. The women donned a myriad of hats, colorfully embroidered vest and multi-layered skirts, which all added more flavor to this bustling market with both locals and outlying villagers. Tourist, including myself, walked around the market sampling local dishes and occasionally purchasing some items. It is not without taking photos as well. A little later in the day, more tourist arrived. This is part of the Scared Valley tour organised in Cusco. I could also hear horns being blown somewhere as part of the church activity nearby. This Sunday Market, although today is a tourist sight, had not lost its appeal as a local regional market and managed to keep it local charm. The sound of bargaining, trading and hard selling is all too familiar. I am glad I arrived the day before to enjoy the real village life.</p>
<p>Later in the morning, I took a local bus, just at the entrance of the village, to my next Sacred Valley village, <strong>Ollantaytambo</strong>.<br />
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<link>http://jadechabot.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/perou-2009-jour-11-pisac-temple-du-faucon/</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Je me suis réveillée avant le lever du soleil avec ce qui semblait être une crise de foie. Il faut d]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">Je me suis réveillée avant le lever du soleil avec ce qui semblait être une crise de foie. Il faut dire que j’ai abusé du pain à l’ail, de la mayonnaise aïoli et de pizza, hier soir… Alors pour moi ce sera une journée de repos et de jeûne, à l’hôtel. Dona Bernadina m’a dit de boire du Coca-cola, de la camomille et de frotter mon ventre avec mon pipi. Trois autres personnes ont aussi la <em>tourista</em>.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Quelques personnes du groupe, venues pour la respiration et la méditation matinale, m’ont offert un rééquilibrage énergétique. C’était comme un bain d’amour, de joie et de grâce. Quel beau cadeau ! Merci.</p>
<h5 style="text-align:justify;">Site archéologique de Pisac, Temple du faucon</h5>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Le groupe s’est rendu à Pisac, une de mes excursions favorites où l’on s’imprègne vraiment de la magie et de la beauté des Andes. Puis lors d&#8217;une nouvelle session de magasinage, nous avons honoré le marché de Pisac et le ‘Shaman Store’.</p>
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<link>http://dojoklo.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/dream-trip/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been selected as one of the Ten Finalists in the Conde Nast $25,000 Dream Trip Contest (o]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I&#8217;ve been selected as one of the <a href="http://www.concierge.com/cntraveler/contests/dreamtrip2009/finalist/" target="_blank">Ten Finalists in the Conde Nast $25,000 Dream Trip Contest</a> (out of over 70,000 entries!) with my photo <em>Boys Emerging from Chuch &#8211; Pisac.</em> This photo was captured on my visit to Pisac where I ran into some fellow Yanapay volunteers, and then we all got on the bus going the wrong way, as documented in <a href="http://dojoklo.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/this-bus-doesn%C2%B4t-go-to-cusco-why-are-you-all-laughing-at-us/" target="_blank">this post</a>.</p>
<p>I was requested to submit an <a href="http://www.concierge.com/cntraveler/contests/dreamtrip2009/finalist/finalist10" target="_blank">essay detailing my dream trip</a>, in which I described a trip to visit and photograph the indigenous cultures of Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam.</p>
<p>In addition, I won a Sony a350 digital SLR with an 18-70mm lens, and my photo was published in the October 2009 Conde Nast Traveler magazine:</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-242" title="CondeNastScan" src="http://dojoklo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/condenastscan.jpg" alt="CondeNastScan" width="432" height="631" /></p>
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<link>http://incapoint.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/que-hacer-en-un-viaje-de-4-dias-en-cusco-machu-picchu-valle-sagrado/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://incapoint.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/que-hacer-en-un-viaje-de-4-dias-en-cusco-machu-picchu-valle-sagrado/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Todo lo que hay que se tiene que visitar en Cusco en 4 días. Para quienes no tienen mucho tiempo en ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong>Todo lo que hay que se tiene que visitar en <a href="http://www.incapoint.com/espanol/paquetes.asp" target="_blank">Cusco</a> en 4 días.</strong></p>

<p>Para quienes no tienen mucho tiempo en Cusco, nos gustaría sugerirles los lugares obligados, aquellos que no pueden dejar de visitar.</p>
<p>Recomendamos llegar a <a href="http://www.incapoint.com/espanol/paquetes.asp" target="_blank">Cusco</a> bien temprano de forma tal que de aprovechar mejor la estadía. <strong>El primer día por la tarde es ideal realizar la visita al <a href="http://www.incapoint.com/espanol/paquetes.asp">Koricancha</a>:</strong></p>
<p>Sobre las bases de este recinto, fue edificado en Convento y Templo de Santo Domingo, el cual se encuentra en la misma ciudad de Cusco en la plaza de Santo Domingo.</p>
<p>Horario de atención: Lunes a sábado: 08:30 a 18:30 hrs. &#8211; Domingo: 14:00 a 17:00 hrs.</p>
<p>Costo: S/.10.00 (No incluido en el Boleto Turístico)</p>
<p>Significado del nombre</p>
<p>Qori significa oro trabajado, su forma castellanizada es cori. Kancha significa lugar cercado, limitado por muros. De donde se tiene que el nombre corresponde aproximadamente “lugar cercado que contiene oro”, traduciendo en forma literal. Este nombre no ha sido alterado, se conserva sin variantes desde tiempo de los inkas. Los primeros españoles que llegaron a Cusco, visitaron este adoratorio de primerísima importancia y hallaron que el nombre era tal.</p>
<p>Si el Cusco fue centro y ombligo del mundo, según la concepción inka, el Qorikancha fue el centro religioso del Cusco, vale decir, el centro del centro, tanto en el aspecto geográfico como en el religioso y político. De aquí partían los 4 caminos principales hacia las 4 principales partes del universo; fue morada de dioses y guaca principal en el inkanato.</p>
<p>En todos los centros arquitectónicos importantes construidos por los inkas, nunca pudo faltar el templo destinado al culto del dios Sol, edificios de piedra bien pulida como el caso de Qorikancha donde tenemos desde el muro de circunvalación hasta los recintos interiores con un fino acabado empleando la roca andesita de mejor calidad.</p>
<p>Este templo que estuvo en la primera fila para el saqueo por parte de los españoles fue debido que aquí se concentraban gran parte de las ofrendas de metales y tejidos finos que los indios ofrendaban a sus dioses, principalmente al dios Sol.</p>
<p>Se dice que las paredes tenían cenefas de laminas de oro, que fueron robadas por los españoles que sedientos de oro y plata ingresaron a todos los sitios sagrados y arrancaron todos los adornos y ofrendas que en estos sitios como el Qoricancha existían salvándose únicamente aquellas ofrendas que fueron enterradas en los templos o sea en los patios de los centros construidos para culto a sus dioses, como el caso del Qoricancha.</p>
<p>En la época inka fue un centro religioso importante, en el que se rendía culto a sus dioses principales como el sol, la luna, el rayo, el arco iris y las estrellas, para los cuales tenían capillas particulares como son:</p>
<p>El Templo del Sol.- Fue el principal de todo el Qorikancha, estaba orientado de este a oeste, ocupando más de la mitad de la iglesia actual de Santo Domingo.</p>
<p>El Templo de la Luna.- Es el que quedaba mas cerca al Templo del Sol, no podía ser de otro modo, puesto que se consideraba que la luna era esposa del Sol.</p>
<p>El Templo de Venus y de las Estrellas.- Otro aposento de aquellos, el más cercano al de la Luna, estaba dedicado al lucero Venus y a las siete Cabrillas y a todas las demás estrellas en común.</p>
<p>El Templo de Illapa o Chuki Illapa.- Estas palabras significan al mismo tiempo rayo, relámpago y trueno; fenómenos naturales considerados por los inkas como entes celestiales divinos, criados del Sol.</p>
<p>El Templo de Kùychi o Arco Iris.- Queda al norte del Templo de Illapa y al frente del</p>
<p>Templo de la Luna. En este templo se celebraba el culto al Arco Iris que según la creencia antigua procedía del Sol.</p>
<p><strong>Luego recomendamos conocer la fortaleza de <a href="http://www.incapoint.com/espanol/paquetes.asp" target="_blank">Sacsayhuaman</a> :</strong></p>
<p>Sacsaywaman propiamente dicho, es grupo arqueológico ubicado al norte de la plaza principal de la ciudad del Cusco, a continuación y arriba del barrio de Qollqanpata con el que se une mediante una calle en cuesta de apenas una cuadra de longitud para el que avanza a pie, Sacsaywaman no esta separada de la ciudad para quien va en vehículo, esta a 1 Km. De la parroquia de San Cristóbal.</p>
<p>Se encuentra a solo 2 km (10minutos) al norte del centro de la ciudad por carretera asfaltada. Su altitud es de 3 600 m.s.n.m.</p>
<p>Horario de atención: Lunes a domingo: 07:00 a 18:00 hrs.</p>
<p>Costo: Entrada incluida en el boleto turístico.</p>
<p>Significado del nombre</p>
<p>Sacsayhuamán es palabra quechua compuesta, viene Sacsay que significa saciarse o hartarse, y de huamán que es halcón. El halcón ave de rapiña que abunda en la sierra peruana, fue el protector del primer inka Manko Qhapaj.</p>
<p>Su construcción habría sido iniciada entre los siglos XIV y XV. La culminación de la obra tardó más de siete décadas y requirió el trabajo de unos 20 000 hombres.</p>
<p>En la época inka fue llamada “casa del sol”, y fue un gran centro religioso de gran importancia en la tradición local; cuando los españoles llegaron pensaron que era una fortaleza debido a su posición y forma, que ostenta tres niveles cuyas paredes hechas de andesita finamente colocadas y pulidas dan la impresión de una fortaleza de difícil acceso.</p>
<p>La primera muralla es la más impresionante debido a su imponente presencia, hecha de rocas finamente talladas de 90 a 125 toneladas de peso cada una, haciendo imposible el acceso por otro sitio que no sean las tres puertas de entrada al complejo.</p>
<p>Al frente del complejo se encuentra el conjunto llamado &#8220;Suchuna&#8221; o rodadero, es una formación natural de roca de origen ígneo que emergió modulando en su superficie curvaturas a manera de toboganes. Hacia el norte de la explanada destaca el trono del Inka, que es una sucesión de escaños labrados en roca. Y mas allá, las famosas chincanas o túneles. Entre ambos lugares se encuentra un inmenso reservorio de forma circular, perimetrado por muros de piedra.</p>
<p>En la explanada de este monumento, el 24 de Junio de todos los años se lleva a cabo la evocación del Inti Raymi o Fiesta del Sol.</p>
<p>En los alrededores se ubica una estatua de Jesús de aproximadamente 25 metros llamado “Cristo Blanco” que fue un regalo de la colonia árabe Palestina al Cusco. Desde ese sitio se tiene una espectacular vista de toda la ciudad del Cusco.</p>
<p>¿Cómo llegar a Saqsayhuaman?</p>
<p>Para llegar a Saqsayhuaman puede tomar cualquier City Tour (Pull) de cualquier agencia de turismo (casi todas ofrecen este servicio), de la plaza de armas a las ruinas de Saqsayhuaman le tomara algo de 15 minutos en bus; también puede llegar a pie, subiendo por la cuesta de Resbalosa, después virará a la derecha y llegará a la iglesia de San Cristóbal, continúe por una curva muy cerrada y encontrará un viejo camino que une Cusco con Saqsayhuaman, unos 30 minutos de caminata aproximadamente desde la plaza hasta las ruinas; también puede llegar por transporte privado o en taxi ya que no esta muy lejos de la ciudad o ver tan solo las ruinas desde el Cristo Blanco por el servicio de Tranvía.</p>
<p><strong>Mas tarde se suele visitar Quenqo:</strong></p>
<p>Ubicación</p>
<p>Su altitud es de 3680 m.s.n.m. Y esta ubicado a 4 km, (15 minutos) al noreste de la ciudad del Cusco por carretera asfaltada.</p>
<p>Horario de atención Lunes a domingo: 7:00 a 18:00 hrs.</p>
<p>Significado del nombre La palabra Q’enko significa laberinto torcido con muchas vueltas.</p>
<p>Costo: Entrada incluida en el boleto turístico.</p>
<p>Al parecer había sido un centro ceremonial y lugar de trascendencia ritual, posee un anfiteatro con 19 hornacinas y existe un ingreso en forma de laberinto hacia las galerías subterráneas, en la parte superior posee canales rituales y figuras labradas.</p>
<p>Integra este sitio, un patio semicircular definido por un parámetro isométrico con varios nichos grandes que circundan a una piedra o wanka de poco espesor encerrada en un recinto, es una suerte de imagen dentro de su propia capilla. La momia de Pachacuteq y parientes que hallo Polo de Ondegardo en Tòqokachi posiblemente estuvo alojada en Q’enko.</p>
<p>ste adoratorio se encuentra ubicado sobre lo que hoy se conoce como el cerro Socorro y abarca un área que sobrepasa los 3,500 metros cuadrados.</p>
<p>Entre las cosas que los españoles no pudieron destruir de este monumento figuran:</p>
<p>El Intiwatana</p>
<p>La Canaleta Zigzagueante</p>
<p>El Anfiteatro</p>
<p>La Sala de los sacrificios</p>
<p>Escaños, acueductos labrados cual engranaje, callejas y cortos andenes.</p>
<p>¿Cómo llegar a Qenqo?</p>
<p>A unos 15 minutos de la plaza de armas por bus, muy cerca de las ruinas de Saqsayhuaman. Puede visitar Qenqo por medio de un City Tour (Pull).</p>
<p><strong>A Continuación nos dirigimos a Puca Puacara:</strong></p>
<p>El grupo arqueológico de Pucapucara, se ubica sobre la carretera asfaltada que conduce a Pisaq, distante 7 Km. desde la ciudad del Cusco, la altitud es de 3.680 m.s.n.m.</p>
<p>Horario de atención: Lunes a domingo: 7:00 a 18:00 hrs.</p>
<p>Costo: Entrada incluida en el boleto turístico.</p>
<p>Significado del nombre</p>
<p>Pukapukara significa fortaleza roja lo de fortaleza viene por la ubicación del grupo y la existencia de algún ambiente semi circular; lo de rojo por el color de tierra en el lugar. El nombre le fue puesto en el presente siglo.</p>
<p>En Pucapucara hay recintos, plazas interiores, baños, acueductos, atalayas y un camino antiguo fácilmente reconocible. Los edificios están hechos de piedra entre medianas y pequeñas, la superficie externa de los poliedros es rugosa a diferencia de otros grupos arquitectónicos. La disposición urbanística es sumamente adecuada y funcional.</p>
<p>Las informaciones tradicionales indican que cuando el inka se disponía a visitar los baños de Tambomachay, la formidable comitiva de soldados, bailarines y otros, quedaba en Pukapukara que era cuartel y tambo (alojamiento colectivo con depósitos de alimento).</p>
<p>Los constructores edificaron tres muros de planta irregular que establecen tres niveles para el sitio. El primer muro tiene un trazado sinuoso que evita cuidadosamente cortar las rocas salientes. Hacia el lado norte y detrás del muro exterior, se encuentran seis habitaciones de diferente tamaño, dispuestas de modo irregular para no tocar las piedras que componen el muro. Un segundo muro rodea la elevación central. Entre éste y el primero hay andenes anchos que se extienden hacia el sur y el este.</p>
<p>¿Cómo llegar a Puca Pucara? Puede llegar tomando cualquier City Tour (Pull).</p>
<p><strong>El recorrido finaliza con la visita a Tambomachay:</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Se encuentra a 8 Km. de la ciudad del Cusco y a 1 Km. de Puka Pukara.</p>
<p>Está ubicado a 3700 m.s.n.m. Debido a su ubicación quien lo ve, opina categóricamente que tuvo fines de defensa y comunicación.</p>
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<p>Horario de atención: Lunes a domingo: 7:00 a 18:00 hrs.</p>
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<p>Costo: Entrada incluida en el boleto turístico.</p>
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<p>Significado del nombre</p>
<p>Tambo corresponde a alojamiento colectivo con todo lo necesario para albergar mucha gente que morara corto tiempo, machay significa lugar de descanso más o menos. El nombre le viene desde el inkanato.</p>
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<p>La tradición conoce a este monumento como “baño de la ñusta”, debido a la especial circunstancia de existir dos acueductos que llevan aguas limpias todo el año, vienen de ignotos lugares conocidos solo por los constructores, y parece que brotaran de las bases de la construcción inka; el volumen es uniforme, el liquido se junta para caer por un vertedero a lo que tuvo que ser una fuente litúrgica conocida como el Baño del Inka, frente a este edificio se alza un inmenso torreón de planta circular a manera de atalaya.</p>
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<p>El edificio tiene tres corredores o terrazas que son sucesivos de abajo arriba, equivale por tanto a tres pisos. Las construcciones son de óptima calidad, con poliedros irregulares muy bien ensamblados, sin mortero de barro.</p>
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<p>¿Cómo llegar a Tambomachay?  Puede llegar tomando cualquier City Tour (Pull)</p>
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<p>El segundo día recomendamos realizar la visita al Valle Sagrado. Se ubica a unos 600 metros por debajo del nivel del Cusco A través del Valle Sagrado corre el río Vilcanota. Este comienza cerca del Lago Titicaca y continúa hacia el Amazonas, colectando aguas de la Cordillera de los Andes.</p>
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<p>El Valle Sagrado de los Inkas, a lo largo del río Vilcanota, es uno de los lugares más bellos del Perú arqueológico. Es una sucesión de pintorescos pueblos (algunos con esplendidas iglesias coloniales), andenes incaicos y restos arqueológicos, así como amplios campos donde crece el mejor Choclo (Maíz blanco gigante) del mundo y el clima excepcional que hacen de este valle un destino obligado para todos los que visitan el Cusco.</p>
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<p>Los incas fueron grandes astrónomos que representaron en los pueblos de este valle agrícola por excelencia, las constelaciones que observaron en la vía láctea, conocida como “Mayu o el río celestial”. Tiene un recorrido a través de los pueblos de Pisaq, Calca, Urubamba, Ollantaytambo y Chinchero.</p>
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<p>Clima y Altura: Su temperatura oscila entre los 15ºC y 20 ºC. y su altitud fluctúa entre los 2,800 y 2,900 m.s.n.m.</p>
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<p>El recorrido se inicia en la Ciudad de Cusco a las 9:00 am.</p>
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<p><strong>La primer parada es Pisac:</strong></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Pisaq esta a una altitud de 2.972 m.s.n.m. El parque de Pisaq se ubica a 33 Km. de distancia al oriente de la ciudad de Cusco por carretera. Tours Peru, Cusco Tours</p>
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<p>Horario de atención: De 7:00 a 17:00 hrs.</p>
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<p>Costo  Al mercado sin ningún costo; a las ruinas, la entrada esta incluida en el boleto turístico. Si no cuenta con este el precio a las ruinas es de US$ 2.5</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Significado del nombre</p>
<p>Pisaq es palabra quechua, nombre propio que no tiene traducción a otro idioma, por que específicamente no calificaba objeto ni hecho alguno.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Pisaq esta situado al este del Valle Sagrado de los Inkas. Se puede llegar en bus en un tour guiado, (hay tours que incluyen en todo el Valle Sagrado: Pisaq, Urubamba, Ollantaytambo y Chinchero. Si prefiere, puede contratar un taxi privado para que lo lleve a estos lugares).</p>
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<p>Parque Arqueológico de Pisaq</p>
<p>Sobre una montaña, se encuentra el parque arqueológico de Pisaq, formado por numerosos barrios y diversas plazas entre los cuales la principal es conocida como Intihuatana, admirada por el fino acabado de sus recintos. Así mismo es de gran interés el cementerio pre-hispánico, el mas grande hallado en esta parte del continente. Tours Peru, Cusco Tours</p>
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<p>Las construcciones inkas de Pisaq son admirables por los colosales conjuntos de andenes o terrazas que circundan las montañas, sus estructuras en piedra pulida, perfectamente ensambladas, están rodeadas por atalayas o puntos de observación.</p>
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<p>Mercado artesanal de Pisaq</p>
<p>En su plaza principal, bajo árboles centenarios, los martes, jueves y domingos se desarrollan las ferias artesanales que son muy concurridas por la diversa y colorida textileria y variada cerámica decorativa que allí se ofrece.</p>
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<p>Los domingos, en su antiguo templo, se celebra la misa en quechua con asistencia de los alcaldes o varayoqs de las comunidades.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>En Pisaq hay un gran mercadillo, donde se puede comprar textiles y muchas otras cosas. El mercado en Pisaq es mucho más grande que el de Chinchero. El problema será que pasaras primero por Pisaq, pero en Chinchero podrás hacer mejores negocios.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>¿Cómo llegar a Pisaq? Para llegar a Pisaq usted puede tomar un Tour Valle Sagrado (Pull) los días martes jueves y domingo llegando al mercado artesanal de Pisaq el que esta abierto en los días mencionados mas no ir a las ruinas de Pisaq; para poder llegar a estas, usted tiene que tomar un tour privado cualquier día de la semana, le tomara como media hora llegar a las zona arqueologica de Pisaq desde el pueblo de Pisaq vía bus.</p>
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<p><strong>Luego nos dirigimos a almorzar a Urubamba:</strong></p>
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<p>Esta bella ciudad está ubicada a 70 Km. vía Pisaq y 57 Km. vía Chinchero, a una altitud de 2,871 m.s.n.m.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>La hermosa provincia de Urubamba se ubica en el corazón de Valle Sagrado de los Inkas. Posee un clima saludable. Abunda en temporada de lluvia la producción de diversas frutas, ya que las condiciones climáticas son tan favorables que, en el siglo XVII, el conocido naturalista Antonio de León sostuvo que este lugar fue el paraíso bíblico.</p>
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<p>En la ciudad, aledaños a la monumental iglesia de San Francisco, se encuentran los enormes paramentos de andenes inkaicos que aún podemos admirar.</p>
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<p>Urubamba luce todavía algunos vestigios arquitectónicos prehispánicos, que sirvieron de cimiento y base para las construcciones coloniales. En la desembocadura del Pumahuanca al valle principal, existe un grupo arqueológico deteriorado (andenes y restos de construcciones).</p>
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<p><strong>Luego de almorzar nos dirigimos a Ollantaytambo:</strong></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Se halla en el distrito del mismo nombre, al noreste de la ciudad del Cusco. a 2,792 m.s.n.m Viajando por vía férrea, la estación de Ollantaytambo esta a los 68 Km; por carretera vía Chinchero-Urubamba, la distancia es de 75 Km.; por la carretera que pasa por Pisaq, la distancia es de 93 Km.</p>
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<p>Horario de atención: De 7:00 a 17:30 hrs.</p>
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<p>Costo Precio incluido en el boleto turístico. Si no cuenta con este, el precio es de US$2.</p>
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<p>Significado del nombre</p>
<p>De acuerdo a la lengua aymará, Ollantaytambo deriva del vocablo ulla-nta-wi, que quiere decir &#8220;lugar para ver hacia abajo&#8221;; el término tambo, es añadido posteriormente. Para la lengua quechua, el nombre proviene de la palabra Ollanta (que es el nombre de un capitán Inka, cuya historia se mantiene como tradición oral) y del término, tambo que quiere decir, &#8220;ciudad que ofrece alojamiento&#8221;.</p>
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<p>En el extremo opuesto a Písaq y a 80 Kms. de la ciudad del Cusco encontramos el pueblo de Ollantaytambo. A este distrito de la provincia de Urubamba se llega, también, por la carretera asfaltada Chinchero &#8211; Urubamba, y la vía férrea. El complejo arqueológico de Ollantaytambo fue un estratégico centro militar, religioso y agrícola. El escenario arquitectónico es de excepcional interés por el tamaño, estilo y originalidad de sus edificios.</p>
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<p>Ollantaytambo es uno de los mas peculiares y sorprendentes parques arqueológicos del Perú, por la multiplicidad de tipos arquitectónicos y la singularidad de cada uno de ellos; no se ha llegado al conocimiento total de las técnicas empleadas en la construcción de sus descomunales muros, con piezas megalíticas que corresponden a poliedros irregulares en su forma y en su acabado. Cada piedra trabajada es una obra de arte independiente en relación a las otras, con lados, ángulos y volúmenes diversos.</p>
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<p>El pueblo se dividía en bloques rectangulares con un esquema geométrico bien planeado que da la impresión de ser un pueblo diseñado por arquitectos modernos. Sus calles delgadas se abren en dirección al río Urubamba. Cada manzana o cancha está compuesta por un conjunto de viviendas que comparten una misma puerta hacia el patio central. En el poblado hay distribución de calles rectilíneas y estrechas, que son habitadas, ininterrumpidamente, desde la época de los inkas.</p>
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<p><strong>Antes de regresar a Cusco se realiza la visita a Chincheros:</strong></p>
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<p>Está ubicada a 28 Km. al noroeste de la ciudad del Cusco, sobre los 3,762 m.s.n.m. en un lugar intermedio entre la puna y la templada quebrada, flanqueada por los nevados de Salkantay, Verónica y Soray.</p>
<p> Horario de atención: De 07:00 a 17:30 hrs.</p>
<p> Costo El precio esta incluido en el boleto turístico, si no cuenta con este el precio es de US$ 2.</p>
<p> La actual plaza principal, donde se realizan ferias dominicales, presenta una pared inka de doce hornacinas, cada una de 2 m. de alto y 1.50 m. de ancho. Esta pared a su vez sirve de paramento y contención de otra plaza que se desempeña a manera de atrio frente a la iglesia. Presenta además arcos coloniales en las esquinas de la plaza, edificios de cimentos y muros de adobe, inmensas salas con ventanas, puertas y andenes que son una pequeña muestra de la grandeza de la cultura inkaica.</p>
<p> La feria de Chincheros es de las más importantes en la región debido a la gran calidad de los productos artesanales que se venden ahí, reconocida a nivel internacional por su excelente trabajo y belleza.</p>
<p> En estas ferias podemos ver que el trueque (antigua forma de intercambio de productos) aun vigente; en Chinchero, las nietas de las princesas inkaicas, continúan tejiendo lana y confeccionando prendas, como lo hacían las ajllas para los hijos del Sol, en el Cusco imperial.</p>
<p> Sus fértiles tierras, los convierten en excelentes productores de papas, ollucos, ocas, habas, cebada y trigo, que constituyen el eje del comercio agrícola en la zona.</p>
<p> El tercer día recomendamos destinarlo a la visita de la atracción mas grande del Peru y de Latinoamérica, la ciudadela de <a href="http://www.incapoint.com/espanol/paquetes.asp" target="_blank">Machu Picchu:</a></p>
<p> Esta ubicado al noroeste de Cusco a 129 kilómetros sobre el río Urubamba (de ahí el nombre del río Vilcanota), en las montañas de Vilcabamba. Su altitud esta sobre los 2380 m.s.n.m. La ciudadela de Machu Picchu es uno de los lugares arqueológicos más importantes en el mundo entero y es principal destino del Perú. Pocos trabajos hechos por el hombre muestran tanta armonía con la naturaleza como la ciudadela de Machu Picchu nos muestra y los 33 grupos arqueológicos que están unidos mediante el camino Inka. </p>
<p>El complejo arqueológico esta ubicado en la cima de la montaña, Machu Picchu (en quechua significa montaña antigua o montaña importante) la cual da el nombre a la ciudadela y al impresionante paisaje que todos nosotros hemos visto. Al frente de este, la increíble montaña de Wayna Picchu aparece (“montaña joven”) en cuya cima y pendientes algunos restos arqueológicos se ubican. Ambas cimas limitan con el caudaloso río Urubamba que corre hacia el oriente, a 400 metros por debajo de la ciudadela. </p>
<p>Altura: Es de 2490 msnm tomando como referencia a la Plaza Principal del sitio arqueológico. De acuerdo con algunos científicos, esto tal vez fue creado 36 mil años a.c.</p>
<p>Clima: Por hallarse en una zona subtropical posee una temperatura que oscila entre los 8º a 22º C. Los meses más lluviosos van desde Diciembre hasta Abril.</p>
<p>Cómo llegar a <a href="http://www.incapoint.com/espanol/paquetes.asp" target="_blank">Machu Picchu</a>?</p>
<p>El acceso se da por vía férrea (112.5 Km &#8211; 4 horas aprox), desde la estación de San Pedro en Cusco, hasta la estación de Aguas Calientes y la única empresa que realiza este servicio es Perú Rail. A partir de este punto hay dos maneras de subir a la ciudadela, una (que es la más común) es en bus (viaje de 20 min). La otra manera es a pie (sin costo para el bolsillo pero sí para las piernas) en una caminata dura de 1 ½ horas. Hasta el Santuario Historico de Machu Picchu, y los amantes de la aventura pueden llegar a Machupicchu vía EL CAMINO INCA que va desde el km 82 en cuatro dias y tres noches aproximadamente,km 88 en cuatro dias y tres noches aproximadamente y km 104 en dos dias y una noche.</p>
<p>Luego de visitar Machu Picchu regresaremos a Cusco a disfrutar de la ultima noche. </p>
<p>El cuarto día los trasladaremos al aeropuerto de Cusco.</p>
<p>Descripción corta del Itinerario: </p>
<p><strong>4d/3n Cusco y Machu Picchu</strong></p>
<p>Día 1    Llegada a  Cusco antes de las 13:00. City Tour Cusco</p>
<p>Día 2    Valle Sagrado</p>
<p>Día 3    Machu Picchu. Regreso a Cusco</p>
<p>Día 4    Partida de Cusco</p>
<p>INCLUYE</p>
<p>3 noches de alojamiento en Cusco con desayuno.</p>
<p>City Tour en Cusco: es una excursión de medio día en el que se visitan los sitios arqueológicos Incas que están dentro de Cusco y en sus cercanías. El Koricancha, Sacsayhuaman, Puca Pucara, Quenqo y Tambomachay.</p>
<p>Valle Sagrado: es una excursión de 1 día entero en la que visitarán los sitios arqueológicos de Pisac, Ollallaytambo, Urubamba y Chinchero. No incluye el almuerzo.</p>
<p>Boleto Turístico: es la entrada a 16 sitios arqueológicos del Cusco. Esto incluye las entradas a todos los lugares visitados en el City Tour y el Valle Sagrado (no incluye entrada al Koricancha y la Catedral)</p>
<p>Machu Picchu (Tren, Guia, Entrada al parque, Bus Aguas Calientes &#8211; Machu Picchu)</p>
<p>Trasnfer in/out</p>
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<p>Precio en base doble 460 usd y en base single 510 usd</p>
<p>Vuelos no Incluidos. Vuelos Necesarios BUE-Lima-Cusco / Lima-Cusco-BUE</p>
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<link>http://theseventhplanet.wordpress.com/2009/09/03/peru-cuzco-sacred-valley-2/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Today we rode 1.5 hrs from Cusco to the Sacred Valley of the Incas.  I won’t bore you again with the]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Today we rode 1.5 hrs from Cusco to the Sacred  Valley of the Incas.  I won’t bore you again with the descriptions of the magnificent natural beauty of this valley &#8211; the mountains, the river, the valley itself, let me only tell you that this kind of a place would be made a national park in the States, but not here.</p>
<p>Today was an alpaca day: we visited an alpaca farm, shopped at the market in Pisac for alpaca products, and had alpaca for lunch.  At the market we bought some radioactive corn &#8211; each kernel was about 4 times as big as an average American kernel.  Baby alpaca wool products are about a third of what they would cost in the States.  They also have here another wool of the animal called vicuna.  This animal gets shorn only twice in his lifetime, and only wool from the belly is used.  You can imagine how expensive it is.  Or not.  We saw some scarves locked in a case in a high-end shop, and the price was $1,000.  And that was here.  If the proportion is the same as with alpaca, it would cost $3,000 in the US.!</p>
<p>Jason bought a musical instrument which had part of its body covered with armadillo.  Hopefully, he can smuggle it in the US.  We then visited an Inca town called Ottobatanbayambo or something like that, built in the 15th century and completed in the 17th.  There, we climbed a steep hill to the Inca temple on top and enjoyed an incredible view once again.  From there, we went to a ceramics studio and bought some gorgeous cups in which I hope to serve you coffee or tea one day.</p>
<p>Back in Cusco, we had dinner at a restaurant called Fallen Angel that once was one of Pizarro´s homes.  The guy would turned in his grave had he known what happened to his place in the 21st century.  The tables were old fashioned bathtubs filled with water and live fish and covered with clear glass. The sitting was brass beds with heart-shaped red pillows and little red puffs, and the walls were decorated with all kinds of erotica.  It was so bizarre that bordered on artsy.</p>
<p>Tomorrow, the guys are taking a train to Machu Picchu, and Lisa and I are hanging out in Cusco waiting to join our team of 11 on the Inca Trail.  Lisa had a crazy idea to go paragliding over the Sacred Valley , and I was crazy enough to agree to go along.  One has to overcome the very basic primal instinct of not jumping off a cliff to do that.  So if you don&#8217;t hear from me tomorrow, it means I am MIA.  Or the Internet at the hotel isn’t working.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Feria de Pisac]]></title>
<link>http://travelsinspanish.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/feria-de-pisac/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[There are different names for weekly markets depending on where you go.  In Mexico the weekly market]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2605" title="pisac" src="http://travelsinspanish.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/cusco-week-1-3741.jpg?w=225" alt="pisac" width="225" height="300" />There are different names for weekly markets depending on where you go.  In Mexico the weekly market is referred to as a tianguis.  Here in Peru the weekly market is called a feria.   </p>
<p>Located about an hour outside of Cusco, the town of Pisac is well known for both it&#8217;s Sunday feria and the impressive Inca ruins located high on a hillside overlooking the town.  We spent an entire day browsing the artisans, hiking the ruins and my personal favorite; admiring the colorful traditional dress of the local people.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Dela 27 - Perou, ruines Incas, montagnes hautes, tempete de neige, lac titicaca...]]></title>
<link>http://carnetsderoute.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/dela-27-perou-ruines-incas-montagnes-hautes-tempete-de-neige-lac-titicaca/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dèla</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[¡Hola los amigos! ¿Que tal Europa? 3 semaines au Perou suivirent notre semaine a Cuba&#8230; Arrivee]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>¡Hola los amigos! ¿Que tal Europa?</p>
<p>3 semaines au Perou suivirent notre semaine a Cuba&#8230;</p>
<p>Arrivee a Lima, la capitale, organisee autour de la place centrale ou Place des Armes, que l&#8217;on retrouve dans toutes les villes et villages peruviens. S&#8217;y dressent generalement la cathedrale ou eglise de la commune, la mairie ou edifices gouvernemantaux, des magasins. On y trouve souvent une fontaine et surtout des gens exercants diverses occupations : vendeurs ambulants, ecrivains publics munis de leur machine a ecrire, cireurs de chaussure, marchands d&#8217;artisanat ou de vetements en laine d&#8217;alpaga ou autre mouton&#8230; </p>
<p>La petite ville de Pisco et sa boisson nationale du meme nom (egalement la boisson nationale du Chili). Non loin de la, les iles Ballestas ou vivent des miliers d&#8217;oiseaux (pelicans, pingouins, cormorans,&#8230;) et lions de mer, ainsi que la reserve naturelle de Paracas, desert en bord de mer.</p>
<p>Un peu plus au Sud, Nasca et ses mysterieuses lignes, tracees dans le sol desertique que nul ne sait vraiment dechiffrer&#8230;</p>
<p>Apres une bonne nuit de bus, nous quittons la cote desertique pacifique et commencons a decouvrir ce qu&#8217;est la vie en montagne pour rejoindre la ville coloniale d&#8217;Arequipa, batie a 2300 metres d&#8217;altitude dans les Andes peruviennes. Couvents, eglises, cathedrales, musees, momies incas, place des armes,&#8230; On ne s&#8217;ennuie pas. A noter que la respiration commence a se montrer plus difficile, nous manquons de souffle au moindre mouvement ! </p>
<p>Notre acclimatation commence par la traversee de la reserve de Aguada Blanca y Salinas, ou vivent des troupeaux de camelides (lamas, alpagas et vigognes), avec notamment un passage a 4910 metres d&#8217;altitude. Pour lutter contre le mal d&#8217;altitude, nous machons des feuilles de coca et grignotons des aliments sucres (la bonne excuse pour se gaver de chocolat).<br />
Puis nous gagnons Chivay, ville d&#8217;entree du Canyon de Colca, l&#8217;un des plus profonds au monde. Magnifique vallee sculptee de cultures en terrasses, contenant des sources chaudes, jalonnee de petits villages tels que Yanque dont les habitations sont construites en adobe (briques de terre battue), sans oublier la croix des condors&#8230;</p>
<p>Retour a Arequipa pour repartir a l&#8217;assaut du volcan Misti, culminant a 5822 metres. Notre ascension se terminera cependant a notre campement a hauteur de 4600 metres car une tempete de neige nous empechera de repartir a 2h du matin pour la deuxieme partie de cette montee endiablee&#8230; Quelle experience unique ! J&#8217;ai adore (heureusement, nous avions du materiel adequat et n&#8217;avons donc pas trop souffert du froid et des bourrasques).</p>
<p>Enuite direction Cusco et la vallee sacree contenant bon nombre de ruines incas. Je ne citerai que celles qui m&#8217;ont le plus marquees : la citadelle de Pisac, le complexe d&#8217;Ollantaytambo, la forteresse de Sacsayhuaman et bien sur El Machu Picchu (signifiant &#8220;vieille montagne&#8221; en language quechua). Nous sommes montes a pied en haut de cette montagne ou fut erigee la cite Inca sacree. Et nous nous sommes memes octroyes l&#8217;ascension du Wayna Picchu, du haut duquel la vue sur les montagnes avoisinnantes et le Machu Picchu est splendide&#8230; Les villes incas etaient souvent haut-perchees dans les Andes, leur permettant ainsi de ne pas etre decouvertes et attaquees par l&#8217;ennemi. </p>
<p>Pour finir, Puno et le lac Titicaca, juche a 4000 metres d&#8217;altitude. Les iles Uros ou iles flottantes y sont totalement artificielles et furent originellement concues pour echapper aux Incas. Les iles d&#8217;Amantani et de Taquille, iles communautaires, ont conserve leurs us et coutumes tres traditionnels. </p>
<p>En somme, un pays accueillant, des peruviens souriants, une ambiance detendue au son d&#8217;une flute de pan omnipresente, des bonnets de laine, des montagnes tres elevees, des paysages desertiques en bord de mer, des femmes aux tresses noires et longues sous des chapeaux, des eglises, des monasteres, le cochon d&#8217;inde grille, la truite frite, les pommes de terre, des zones sismiques&#8230; Si ca n&#8217;est pas le Perou ! J&#8217;ai aime ce pays qui vaut le detour, meme si mon coeur penche vers la Bolivie que je decouvre actuellement avec merveille&#8230; Moins developpee, moins touristique, plus authentique, plus bordelique&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=113992&#38;id=624816751&#38;l=ed33b23c4b">Le lien vers mes photos ici.</a></p>
<p>Je vous laisse et vous dis a tres bientot mes amis !</p>
<p>Dela</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Ridgewalking Inca Ruins]]></title>
<link>http://mtnspirit.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/ridgewalking-inca-ruins/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This footage was taken today as we explored the ridge high above the Inka ruins above Pisac, the Sac]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:left;">This footage was taken today as we explored the ridge high above the Inka ruins above Pisac, the Sacred Valley, near Cusco and Machu Picchu. Although I&#8217;ve been bringing groups to Peru and have guided the high peaks of South America, today was my first day in Pisac.<br />
The ridge got our attention when we  descended a narrow staircase leading to an exposed drop off, but at the brink, a sharp turn to the left led into a steep narrow slot with steps. Straightforward, but it cleaned out our cobwebs for the day.<br />
The footage was prior to the descent to the ceremonial center on the ridge below, then to the village and market of Pisac, Peru.<br />
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<title><![CDATA[Ollantaytambo &amp; Pisac]]></title>
<link>http://jaxinsf.wordpress.com/2009/08/15/ollantaytambo-pisac/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://jaxinsf.wordpress.com/2009/08/15/ollantaytambo-pisac/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[So I spent my birthday at Ollantaytambo and the Sacred Valley. Ollantaytambo (pronounced Oyan-tay-ta]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>So I spent my birthday at Ollantaytambo and the Sacred Valley.  Ollantaytambo (pronounced Oyan-tay-tambo) has a huge inca fortress above it, and is a very cute village. The train stopped here on our way back from Machu Picchu and so we had planned to check out this Inca city, as well as the ruins at Pisac. We had arranged a guide and transport for the day to travel from Ollantaytambo, to Pisac and back to Cusco.</p>
<p>We stayed at the lovely El Albergue Bed and Breakfast which you can enter from the train platform. I didn&#8217;t think it would be very comfortable, not to mention noisy from the trains but it was a wonderful place, it had a beautiful garden and cabins rather than a building full of rooms.  We had a very comfortable cabin with a lovely bathroom, and hot water!!  We ate a tastey meal in their little restaurant where they make their own fettuccine and after seeing it drying, we all had pasta for dinner!</p>
<p>Ollantaytambo is an incan village that has been continuously inhabited since the 13th century.  It has cobblestone roads, divided into blocks (kinda like mini suburbs) and each block has one entrance which leds into a courtyard.  The ruins are spectacular, huge terraces that lead up to a fortress.  It is one of the few places where the Spanish conquistador, Hernando Pizarro lost a major battle.  They were trying to capture Manco Inca but were met with a barrage of arrows and boulders from the top of the terracing.  However, the victory was shortlived, the Spanish returned with a larger force and and Manco fled to the jungle fortress of Vilcabamba.</p>
<p>What is beautiful about Ollantaytambo ruins is that they are very well preserved.  The temple complex at the top of terracing has wonderful stonework, there is a wall of stones that were brought from a quarry 6 kms away, and they are enormous!  From the top of the ruins you can see that the old walls of the houses are still standing and water sill runs through chanells through the complex to the many fountains that surround it. The fountains we learned were used for bathing, toilets and some were sacred. Our guide showed us how with a flick of the wrist it was possible to change the angle of the flow of water.</p>
<p>We learned a bit about the importance of the location of Ollantaytambo, the mountain opposite has some features that were important to the Inca&#8217;s, such as you can see the profile of a man&#8217;s face it.  Also the crops were sewed depending on the stars that were visible in the sky, they depending a lot on astrology.</p>
<p>We then went to Pisac, after a lovely meal in the town and had to take a back way due to the getting stuck behind the Virgin del Carmen procession.   The first thing you notice as you approach the ruins at Pisac is the steep terracing and dramatic architecture.  Pisac was also a fortress, but there are many features that make it recognisable as a residential city.  There are many ritual baths and areas that separated the nobles from he common people.  This was obvious in the stonework, you can really see the difference between the noble quarters and the servant quarters!  But the terracing is amazing, and when you climb to the top (no easy task!) we were rewarded with spectacular views of the Urubamba valley, to the west is the Rio Kitamayo gorge and the east is the Rio Chongo valley.  The terracing is so beautiful, it wraps around and hugs the mountain and is so graceful!  We could tell that Pisac was an agricultural center, in that it grew crops to feed the city because the terraces were so wide. They were a lot narrower at Ollantaytambo so they were probably used as protection, rather than agriculture.  As you look across the Kitamayo gorge, you can see hundreds of holes in the mountain face, looking similar to honeycomb.  These were inca tombs that were plundered by grave robbers who found a lot of gold and thinks to use in the afterlife.  Pisac was very beautiful, and as we were there in the late afternoon, we were practically the only tourists!  It was wonderful!</p>
<p>The sacred valley is certainly an area that I want to go back to. There are so many other places to visit, like Sacsayhuaman, Moray and Chincero.  But of course, that will be the subject of another trip!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Ovo je blog, nije forum!]]></title>
<link>http://bosnarije.wordpress.com/2009/08/04/ovo-je-blog-nije-forum/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>taboovoice</dc:creator>
<guid>http://bosnarije.wordpress.com/2009/08/04/ovo-je-blog-nije-forum/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Nije me bilo nekoliko dana. Nesnosne vrućine pa baš i nisam imao volje pisati o bilo čemu. A i nije ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><h3><span style="color:#000000;">Nije me bilo nekoliko dana. Nesnosne vrućine pa baš i nisam imao volje pisati o bilo čemu. A i nije se imalo o čemu posebno. Ono, što bi se reklo, na zapadu (pardon jugoistoku-BALKANU) ništa novo!</span></h3>
<h3><span style="color:#000000;">Vidim, spameri navalili. Akismet je uredno blokirao nametnike (60 blokada). Neke sam i sam morao kad su već prošli SPAM-filter. </span></h3>
<h3><span style="color:#000000;">Ne, nisam prestao pisati. Samo sam malkice zauzet nekim drugim projektima!</span></h3>
<h1><span style="color:#993300;">Ponavljam se&#8230;</span></h1>
<p><em><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">-Sve nepotpisane komentare (tačna e-mail adresa kako bih vas mogao konsultovati oko tih istih) brišem!</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">-Svi komentari članova sa drugih blog zajednica (potpisani ili ne) osim komentara registrovanih članova WordPress-a biti će obrisani!</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">-Sve napisano na ovom blogu zaštićeno je autorskim pravima! Zato i citiram kad navodim postove sa drugih blogova, štampanih medija. Molim, ako to neki nisu vidjeli, nek’ ponovo pročitaju moje postove posebno se osvrćući na moj post UMIJEĆE BLOGANJA!</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="color:#000000;">Direktan link: </span><a href="http://bosnarije.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/umijece-bloganja/">http://bosnarije.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/umijece-bloganja/</a></span></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">-Nije mi namjera da reklamiram domaće štampane medije. Recimo DNEVNI AVAZ! Naprotiv, ako sam ih citirao to ne znači i da cijenim sve ono što je napisano na istim! </span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">-Ovaj blog nije i nema namjeru da imitira dnevne novine sa kioska. Ovaj blog je refleksija na aktuelno stanje u Bosni i Hercegovini i nisam obavezan da komentar na neku vijest  objavim isti dan kad se i dogodila. “Ispeci pa reci” je moj moto kojeg se strogo držim! Kad se slegnu prašina i baljezgarije onda nastupaju BOSNARIJE!</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">-Za sve primjedbe ako ih imate a očito je da ih imate, pišite mi na navedeni, javni e-mail! Nema potrebe da svoje komentare ostavljate ovdje na blogu jer i sami znate da ih cenzurišem, prepravljam i dotjerujem (recimo pravopis!) da bi uopšte imali nekakav smisao.</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">-Od svog bloga ne pravim forum. Za takvo što, pronađite druge surferske destinacije! Ovdje nemate pravo na mišljenje suprotno mojim stavovima jer ovaj cijeli blog  je moj lični stav i mišljenje o bosanskohercegovačkoj buraniji! Da li se slažete s mojim mišljenjem ili ne, iskreno rečeno, zabolje me! Napravite svoj kontra-blog! Ko vam brani?</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">-Pošto sam iskusan web-designer i blog majstor i ne pomišljajte da će se vaš komentar provući kroz iglene uši i biti odobren ovdje ma koliko bilo jako vaše blog umijeće i snažan argument! Ovdje sam kao svoj na svome. Kao riba u vodi! Ja s pojedinima nisam čuvao ovce na livadi!</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">-Jednom odobren komentar od neke osobe sa određene IP-adrese na bilo koji moj post iako uredno potpisan i odobren s moje strane, može biti glatko obrisan kod sljedećeg komentarisanja na nekom drugom postu ako taj novi komentar sadrži rasne, nacionalističke, pogrdne, pedofilske, pornografske riječi i rečenice naprimjerenog sadržaja! Automatski brišem sve postove tog registrovanog WordPress korisnika (kao i linkove ka njegovom blogu) bez obzira na njegov rejting na ovoj blog zajednici i rejting plodonosnog komentatora na BOSNARIJAMA!</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">-Sve komentare WordPress registrovanih korisnika koji su neaktivni na mom blogu više od tri mjeseca, BRIŠEM! Također, brišem i linkove ka njihovim blogovima!</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">-Meni nije stalo do slave na blogu i do broja unikatnih posjeta. Kada to shvatite, nadam se da ćete me više cijeniti!</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">-Molim da ovo uvažite, da ne spamate više a svoj protest da mi uputite na javno deklarirani e-mail koji se veže uz ovaj blog! Ja ću lično da ocijenim čiji ću blog posjetiti i u koje vrijeme. Na blogove nepismenih korisnika ne ulazim! Uz iskreno izvinjenje pojedinih komentatora, možda nekima i skinem zabranu!</span></strong></em></p>
<p>HVALA NA RAZUMIJEVANJU!</p>
<p>Jednom već objavljeno na postu &#8221;Napomena piscima komentara&#8221;.</p>
<p> Direktan link: <a href="http://bosnarije.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/napomena-piscima-komentara/">http://bosnarije.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/napomena-piscima-komentara/</a></p>
<p>p.s.</p>
<p>Ne znam zašto je bas toliko e-mail poruka i komentara danas bilo! Ne znam zašto je neke toliko razljutio ovaj moj post! Zapamtite&#8230; ovo nije chat pa prema tome ni INVITE na neki channel, ni MSN-messenger&#8230; ne možete me invajtati na vaše blogove&#8230;neke ne želim da čitam&#8230;</p>
<p>Jasno ?</p>
<p>Mene čitaju i kad me nema danima&#8230; očit primjer vam je dole&#8230;imate oči&#8230;zar ne?</p>
<p> <img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2223" title="mjesecna_statistika" src="http://bosnarije.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/mjesecna_statistika.jpg" alt="mjesecna_statistika" width="640" height="397" /></p>
<p>Ako vam ovo nije dovoljno&#8230;Hmm&#8230;</p>
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<title><![CDATA[encounters with people, encounters with large rocks]]></title>
<link>http://gggrc.wordpress.com/2009/08/01/encounters-with-people-encounters-with-large-rocks/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 01:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>GRC</dc:creator>
<guid>http://gggrc.wordpress.com/2009/08/01/encounters-with-people-encounters-with-large-rocks/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Machu PIcchu This last weekend, for the Fiestas Patrias (like long Fourth of July for Perú), I went ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="attachment_155" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://gggrc.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/100_8528.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-155" title="100_8528" src="http://gggrc.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/100_8528.jpg?w=225" alt="Machu PIcchu" width="225" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Machu PIcchu</p></div>
<p>This last weekend, for the Fiestas Patrias (like long Fourth of July for Perú), I went to Cusco, the ancient Incan capital over 3000 meters up in the Andes, launch point for lots of cool Incan ruins like the very famous Machu Picchu. When I first got to Cusco, I was very unimpressed and underwhelmed with everything, because it was frigid (apparently mountains are like that) and very high up in the air (apparently mountains are like that too) so I was too busy popping sorroche pills, trying to keep my food down and my blood unfrozen to ponder the wondrous gargantuan rocks of Sacsaywaman or admire the sprawling city of red terra cotta roofs sprinkled like sand into an Andean valley, which is really a shame, but luckily, due to modern technology, I can now readmire everything I saw on the first day vicariously through the photos while mareada.</p>
<div id="attachment_161" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://gggrc.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/100_8698.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-161" title="100_8698" src="http://gggrc.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/100_8698.jpg?w=300" alt="Cusco" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cusco</p></div>
<div id="attachment_154" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 261px"><a href="http://gggrc.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/100_8478.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-154" title="100_8478" src="http://gggrc.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/100_8478.jpg?w=251" alt="Sacsaywaman - yes, these rocks are very large" width="251" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Sacsaywaman - yes, these rocks are very large</p></div>
<p>Also, luckily, Machu Picchu is about 1000 meters lower than Cusco, so the next day when we went to see this iconic site, I was more than fine. Obviously, Machu Picchu was very cool, however, the train there and back took so long that though it was technically a &#8220;full day tour&#8221; we only spent about 3 hours in the actual site itself. Furthermore, because it was the Fiestas Patrias, the place was swarming with tourists, and it was kind of raining on and off, so the ruins were speckled with many colorful ponchos. On the other hand, because it was raining, it was also more cloudy than usual, which was really cool, because the clouds were literally in the mountains. I remember looking at it and thinking that I could imagine why the Incas believed that the mountains were gods, and that being so high up made them closer to the gods.</p>
<p><a href="http://gggrc.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/100_8618.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-158 alignright" title="100_8618" src="http://gggrc.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/100_8618.jpg?w=225" alt="100_8618" width="225" height="300" /></a>Speaking of gods, we also met on the train to Machu Picchu a Mormon family, two college-age sons and a very old and rather adorable father. On the way out, we ran into the father standing alone, leaning against a rock or something, and I say hi to him, asking him how he is and where his sons are. He was resting, since he was very old, he said to me. Then we walked slowly together towards the exit, chatting about normal things that old people chat about to younger people, and he tells me that Machu Picchu is one of the most amazing places he&#8217;s ever seen, and he&#8217;s been to lots of places all right. I turn around and it is truly spectacular. The mist and clouds have literally moved into the city, and it feels like we are in the Heavenly Kingdom in a Monkey King movie or something (except Inca-ized, of course), and I make the comment about how I could believe that the Incas thought that the gods lived up here. Then, suddenly, he begins to tell me something, starting with the words, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know if you&#8217;re a Christian, but&#8230;&#8221; At around this point I notice that he is carrying, and has been carrying the whole time, only two things: two books, one of which is the Book of Mormon. It is all I can do to keep the smile on my face only a smile, and not laugh, because the entire scene was just so funny. Please don&#8217;t get me wrong&#8211;I&#8217;m not making fun of Mormons, or this sweet old man who was very kind and very adorable&#8211;but the situation, everything as a whole, just struck me as hilarious. Here I was, at Machu Picchu after 1.5 months of interacting with basically only Peruvian nonpeers, listening to this cute old man with a very American drawl who was clutching the Book of Mormon with two hands climbing the rocky paths of the Incan Ruin tell me about how Montezuma (an Aztec, situated in Mexico) was defeated by Cortez because he thought Cortez was a god, and how that proves that Jesus came to Machu Picchu because Montezuma probably mistook Cortez for Jesus because they&#8217;re both white and bearded.</p>
<div id="attachment_157" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://gggrc.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/100_8583.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-157" title="100_8583" src="http://gggrc.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/100_8583.jpg?w=225" alt="&#34;excuse me, could you let me pass? kthanx&#34; - llama" width="225" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">&#34;excuse me, could you let me pass? kthanx&#34; - llama</p></div>
<p>So that was Machu Picchu&#8211;a little underwhelming (except for the llamas), like post-modern love, mostly because its so hyped up and there are so many pictures of it that when you get there, all you can really do is take that picture that you see everywhere on your own camera. The next day we walked around Cusco, I bought a lot of souvenir things and became master of bargaining, we saw the twelve-sided rock which was a twelve sided rock, and the Incan walls and cobblestoned streets and stuff around the city were pretty cool. Happily for my wallet and unhappily for my tummy, there was a 5 sol menu restaurant really close to our hotel, which means that we could get two course meals there for about $1.67, so we ate there every day, and things were so greasy and fried and it was gross, except for the day that we ate at a 3.5 sol menu (about $1.16) in this really dirty place which was all fat too, but the last night we splurged for nice pizza in a clean establishment for 12 soles each&#8211;a whopping 4 USD&#8211;which I am happy to say I helped bargain down from 15 soles each.</p>
<div id="attachment_164" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 190px"><a href="http://gggrc.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/100_8709.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-164" title="100_8709" src="http://gggrc.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/100_8709.jpg?w=180" alt="Inca Walls in Cusco" width="180" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Inca Walls in Cusco</p></div>
<p>The last day we went into the Sacred Valley, planning to hit all the sites on the boleto turistico that we hadn&#8217;t yet, but we ended up only being able to see Pisac, because apparently there&#8217;s a lot of walking and climbing there, and we walked and climbed over the ruins in the mountains and it was actually super cool, because it was warm (I was in a Tshirt!) and very beautiful and whatnot, but also since there was a lot of climbing, there was less time for photos, which is why this next photo is of Machu Picchu and not Pisac. Anyways, next time I go, I would like to bring a picnic.</p>
<p>But the really memorable part of this trip was the bus ride back from Pisac to Cusco. We took this micro-like thingy, except it was a little nicer, but it stopped on the way and picked up people and stuff, and we were crammed in, standing and rubbing butts, trying to hang on while this bus took hairpin curve after hairpin curve (Andes are mountainous, and mountainous roads are curvy). So the bus slows down to pick up some more passengers (which I didn&#8217;t understand, because I was already rubbing butts with more people than I wanted to be, and as its slowing down we see this man peeing against a wall, which is gross, but whatever. Then this man suddenly starts to walk, while continuing to pee, which I have never ever seen anyone do before. Also, there were lots of people nearby, and he was walking next to and towards people who were walking in the opposite direction. So I was a little mortified at what I just saw, this man walking with a spurt of yellow liquid leading in front of him, and then he tucks his thingy back into his pants and proceeds to GET ON THE BUS, where, I remind you, people were rubbing butts. Gross gross gross.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Breathtaking Sacred Valley, wretched German tour guides and the garden of cruelty (Sacred Valley)]]></title>
<link>http://candygaucho.com/2009/07/30/sacredvalley-23-may-2001/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Candy Gaucho</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[After another breakfast of rock-hard bread products  our guide, Edwin, took us out of Cusco to the S]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>After another breakfast of rock-hard bread products  our guide, Edwin, took us out of <a class="zem_slink" title="Cusco" rel="geolocation" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-13.525,-71.9722222222&#38;spn=0.1,0.1&#38;q=-13.525,-71.9722222222%20%28Cusco%29&#38;t=h">Cusco</a> to the <a class="zem_slink" title="Sacred Valley" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Valley">Sacred Valley</a>.</p>
<div id="attachment_568" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 483px"><img class="size-full wp-image-568" title="Sacred Valley" src="http://candygaucho.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/picture-16.png" alt="Sacred Valley" width="473" height="354" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Sacred Valley</p></div>
<p>I am loath to describe the magnificence of the Sacred Valley as I am sure many more skilled than I have better captured it.  But suffice it to say that it was more grand, more majestic than I dared imagine. The terracing was mind numbing. How did they go so high to farm?</p>
<div id="attachment_569" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-569" title="Pisac" src="http://candygaucho.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/picture-15.png?w=300" alt="Pisac terraces" width="300" height="222" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Pisac terraces</p></div>
<p>In <a class="zem_slink" title="Písac" rel="geolocation" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-13.4241666667,-71.8577777778&#38;spn=0.1,0.1&#38;q=-13.4241666667,-71.8577777778%20%28P%C3%ADsac%29&#38;t=h">Pisac</a> we had an occasionally challenging but continually fabulous two-hour hike amongst the ruins and still-used terraces. For the rest of the day Flobie kept talking about the Pisac hike.</p>
<p>In Pisac town I observed one of the most ungenerous acts I had seen in a long time. Pisac is famous for a bakery where, for one sol, you can get a fresh-from-the-oven empanada with cheese, tomato sauce and onion.  When we arrived, a German tour guide I recognized from the Puno airport (because he had been standing practically on top of our group – personal space, hello??) said that he had already bought the next batch, too bad, we would have to wait.  So we wandered to the market, bought a brownie from an American-run hotel (with fabulous bathrooms!) and did a bit of shopping.  Twenty minutes later we returned just in time to see Herr Annoying distribute his empanadas to his group. After everyone had been given two or three, two empanadas remained.  A Dutch couple who had been waiting for some time approached the German and asked if they could buy the last two from him.  He told them no, he had bought them all, they would have to wait for their own.  We were flabbergasted.  And thus the sub-millies were born.</p>
<p>Our ideology paralleled the Inca notion of the worlds:</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Inca                           &#124;        Us</span><br />
<span style="text-decoration:underline;">Gods (Condor)        &#124;        Rosas (small, yet comfortable bus)<br />
Humans (Puma)     &#124;        Millies (big, packed bus)<br />
The Dead (Snake)   &#124;        Sub-Millies (greedy, empanada hogs)</span></p>
<div id="attachment_570" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 518px"><img class="size-full wp-image-570" title="Empanada man" src="http://candygaucho.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/picture-141.png" alt="Empanada man" width="508" height="365" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Empanada man</p></div>
<p>So we had to main another 20 minutes for our empanadas, but they were worth it. Poor baker; I kept thinking if he charged two soles instead of one he could instantly double his profits without imposing one bit on his turista trade.</p>
<p>Lunch was taken at El Carmen in Calca. I named its central courtyard “the garden of cruelty.”  One of its residents was a regal eagle named Apu whose flight feathers had been clipped. That didn’t deter him from hopping around  (including right under my chair) in pursuit of the cat in what Siobhan described as a weird version of <a class="zem_slink" title="Tom and Jerry" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_and_Jerry">Tom and Jerry</a>.  There was a turtle which kept trying to climb out of the pit he was in (a dry, concrete pool) until, just when you thought he would make it, he would slide back down, scraping his neck in the process. (Thank god someone finally came along and pulled him onto the grass.)  There was a small squirrel trapped in a cage with a bird.  There was the most adorable little monkey attached to a tree in the centre of the courtyard with no more than one metre of chain.  I felt so terrible for him that I gave him a little attention before leaving to which my mom asked are you crazy do you want to get AIDS? There was also a parrot who, by some good fortune, seemed neither tethered nor plucked.  Much to the amusement of Edwin I practiced my new Quechua word on the parrot. “Allillanchu Kashinta?” I asked it. How are you?  So there I was, standing in a deranged menagerie in Peru speaking Quechua to a Spanish-speaking parrot as if he would understand me. The altitude was having its effects.</p>
<div id="attachment_572" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 345px"><img class="size-full wp-image-572" title="Ollantaytambo" src="http://candygaucho.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/picture-17.png" alt="Ollantaytambo" width="335" height="510" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Ollantaytambo</p></div>
<p>We ended the day visiting the ruins in <a class="zem_slink" title="Ollantaytambo" rel="geolocation" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-13.2580555556,-72.2633333333&#38;spn=0.1,0.1&#38;q=-13.2580555556,-72.2633333333%20%28Ollantaytambo%29&#38;t=h">Ollantaytambo</a> at sunset. The town itself was fascinating as it best represented what an Incan village would have been like. As the stars emerged the touristic feel dissipated, and I could see the southern cross in the sky.</p>
<p>Dinner was a special event as we were celebrating my mother’s 61st birthday.  Lorna had arranged a cake, the restaurant hostess prepared a flower bouquet, and I secretly organized the troops to procure an assortment of cheap trinket gifts.  Flobie was completely blown away when, after the main courses, the lights were dimmed and out came the cake, flowers and gifts. I had gotten her a pipe – in and of itself ridiculous for a rabid anti-smoker – but with its hideous face and huge erect penis, it was, as I had commented to the girl from whom I had bought it, the ugliest thing I had ever seen. Flobie was ecstatic by the event (although didn’t quite share the same passion for the pipe as I.)</p>
<p>We had an obscene amount of ravioli and cake left over.  We shared it with the other restaurant patrons, and the staff, and some children hanging out in the town square. While we were still in the restaurant, I tried to pile the three packages of leftover ravioli one on top another.  Siobhan commented on my towering architectural masterpiece and, feeling giddily inspired by my surroundings, I said, “Don’t you recognize it?  It’s Ollantaytambo!” setting us off in a fit of giggles.  Then I spread the three packages out and gently moved a butter knife between them. When no one could guess what I was doing, I took two fingers and simulated someone walking on the package and swaying back and forth. Gheeta yelled, “I know! The Uros floating islands!!” Absolutely.</p>
<p>Now firmly encouraged, I ran two fingers on my left had and bounced my right fingers off the table in pursuit. Then, to be more anatomically correct, I changed my left had to four fingers.  Lorna got very excited.  “I got it!  I got it! It’s Apu chasing the cat!!” Bingo.  The last re-enactment was the Nazca lines ravioli plane which Siobhan embellished with a simulation of Gheeta getting off the plane and puking. Never was a box of leftover ravioli so amusing.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Ubicación Privilegiada - Excellent Location]]></title>
<link>http://casamontero.wordpress.com/2009/07/24/ubicacion-privilegiada-excellent-location/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Ubicada en la Calle Saphi 635, la Casa Montero es el punto de Partida para el recorrido turístico a]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p> Ubicada en la Calle Saphi 635, la Casa Montero es el punto de Partida para el recorrido turístico a la fortaleza de Sacsayhuamán y el Valle Sagrado de los Incas. La calle Saphi, es una de las vías de acceso más amplias al centro histórico de la ciudad.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-19" title="Circuito turístico" src="http://casamontero.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/circuito.jpg" alt="Circuito turístico" width="450" height="532" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[O Vale Sagrado Sul]]></title>
<link>http://cadernosdeviagem.wordpress.com/2009/07/17/o-vale-sagrado-sul/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Wanessa</dc:creator>
<guid>http://cadernosdeviagem.wordpress.com/2009/07/17/o-vale-sagrado-sul/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[No nosso quarto dia em Cuzco, depois de já termos feito o City Tur e visitado o Vale Sagrado, teríam]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">No nosso quarto dia em Cuzco, depois de já termos feito o City Tur e visitado o Vale Sagrado, teríamos de voltar a Ollantaytambo à tarde, para pegar o trem para Aguas Calientes. Mas combinamos um último passeio com nosso guia, Seu Carlos, antes que ele nos deixasse em Ollanta. Fomos conhecer a parte sul do Vale Sagrado, ou o Valle Sagrado Sur: Tipón, Andahuaylillas e Piquillacta. A entrada para esses sítios está incluída no Boleto Turístico.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">A primeira parada foi em Tipón. Lá, funcionava uma espécie de jardim botânico dos incas, com uma série de &#8220;andenes&#8221; (degraus para agricultura) mais baixas do que as que tínhamos visto em Ollanta e em Pisac. Ao que parece, os terraços de Tipón não tinham finalidade agrícola, mas apenas ornamental. O lugar servia para descanso do Inca (o chefe desse povo) e sua família.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-307" title="Peru 754" src="http://cadernosdeviagem.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/peru-7541.jpg" alt="Peru 754" width="450" height="300" /></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Ali existe uma complexa rede de irrigação, com canais por onde até hoje corre a água resultante do degelo de neves eternas das montanhas andinas. É possível também experimentar o trono onde o Inca em pessoa permanecia para receber oferendas e banhavar na água das fontes.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-309" title="Peru 778" src="http://cadernosdeviagem.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/peru-778.jpg" alt="Peru 778" width="300" height="450" /></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Quem tem crenças místicas, diz que a energia de Tipón é maravilhosa, mas eu, que sou muito cética, fiquei impressionada mesmo foi com o visual. O lugar é lindo! </p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-310" title="Peru 787" src="http://cadernosdeviagem.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/peru-787.jpg" alt="Peru 787" width="450" height="300" /></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Em seguida, fomos conhecer Andahuaylillas, um povoado em que os espanhois construiram uma pequena igreja que é um encanto! Por fora, ela é bem singela, e ainda está com a fachada toda coberta pelos andaimes usados na restauração. Mas o interior&#8230;  Não é para menos que a chamam de &#8220;a Capela Sistina das Américas&#8221;.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-311" title="Peru 790" src="http://cadernosdeviagem.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/peru-790.jpg" alt="Peru 790" width="450" height="300" /></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Em Andahuaylillas, é possível ver como muitas das divindades incas &#8211; o sol, a lua &#8211; foram utilizadas em representações católicas, tudo para facilitar a conversão dos indígenas à nova religião. Os altares são decorados com muito ouro e têm um colorido que não é comum em imagens católicas. As paredes também são todas recobertas de pinturas, no melhor estilho da escola cusqueña. Infelizmente, não é possível fotografar o interior da igreja, mas achei estas imagens:</p>
<div id="attachment_294" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 325px"><img class="size-full wp-image-294    " title="Andahuaylillas" src="http://cadernosdeviagem.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/andahuaylillas.jpg" alt="Andahuaylillas" width="315" height="419" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Fonte: http://www.pbase.com/eldarrio/image/80199564</p></div>
<div id="attachment_293" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 325px"><img class="size-full wp-image-293  " title="Andahuaylillas1" src="http://cadernosdeviagem.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/andahuaylillas1.jpg" alt="Andahuaylillas1" width="315" height="419" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Fonte: http://www.pbase.com/eldarrio/image/80580275</p></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Na porta da igreja, mais um mercado indígena, mas Andahuaylillas é um lugar tão pequeno e tão tranquilo que nem os vendedores se importam em correr atrás dos turistas!</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">A terceira parada foi em Piquillacta, um sítio arqueológico deixado pela cultura Wari, que é tida como uma das precursoras dos incas. Aqui, existe toda uma cidade murada, que se estende por vários quilômetros. As ruínas ainda estão sendo restauradas &#8211; e estarão assim ainda por muito tempo, em razão de sua grande extensão. Mas já dá para ver que ali existe muita história para ser conhecida&#8230; </p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-314" title="Peru 803" src="http://cadernosdeviagem.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/peru-803.jpg" alt="Peru 803" width="300" height="450" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-315" title="Peru 806" src="http://cadernosdeviagem.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/peru-806.jpg" alt="Peru 806" width="450" height="300" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-304" title="1Peru 794" src="http://cadernosdeviagem.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/1peru-7942.jpg" alt="1Peru 794" width="451" height="300" /></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Como última parada antes de Ollanta, voltamos a Pisac, para dar uma olhada no mercado de artesanato mais famoso do Peru. Quer saber? Depois de tudo o que já tínhamos visto em Cuzco e mesmo em Lima, achei apenas mais do mesmo. Fiz umas comprinhas rápidas só por achar que era mesmo a última oportunidade, mas não encontrei lá nada que não pudesse achar em outros locais. Os preços também não eram dos melhores&#8230; Claro que a fama de Pisac inflaciona os preços!</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">O que chamou mesmo a atenção foi o milho. Ah, o milho peruano! Já tínhamos visto alguns exemplares de espigas de milho por lá, em restaurantes, mas provar aqueles grãos gigantescos é uma experiência divertida de um jeito quase infantil!</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="size-full wp-image-303  aligncenter" title="1-Peru 817" src="http://cadernosdeviagem.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/1-peru-8172.jpg" alt="1-Peru 817" width="400" height="224" /></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">O sabor não tem muita diferença em relação ao que a gente encontra pra vender em toda esquina no Nordeste no mês de junho, época de São João. Mas, nesse dia, almoçamos só isso aí mesmo: uma suculenta espiga de milho com queijo!</p>
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<dc:creator>Eliza Kern</dc:creator>
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