Up at 5:30, flight from Lima to Cusco, then a 3 hour bus ride to Ollantaytambo with a short stop for lunch at Chinchero. Chinchero was amazing, lunch w locals and a presentation of weaving and dying of alpaca wool using flowers and plants. The presenter, Marisol, is a 17yo beauty.
Ollantaytambo is an Incan ruin of amazing proportion.
Headed to dinner with our group, everyone needing/wanting a beer or a pisco sour.
This is Lisa adding more photos. I really enjoyed the day.
That "cute" little adobe house in the background, complete with balconies... Is home for our lunch. Can you say cuy? Koo-eee. Or... Guinea pig!
Wow, the women walk, run, carry stuff and spin yarn the entire time.
Materials used to make dyes for the yarn. Everything from flowers, to seeds, to parasitic insects scraped off cacti plants.
Holy cow! Or should I say "pig?" Guinea pig, that is! When asked why they were cooked with the heads on it was explained that was so the people were certain they weren't eating rats. I struggle with this distinction.
Every detail was just perfectly done.
Brad looks great in red. What a smile.
Demonstrating how the wonderful colors are achieved.
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