Monday, March 15, 2010

Our Gorgeous Hotel in the Sacred Valley

This place was amazing. One of the prettiest place I had ever stayed. We got the best room too. Views from every window, even when you lay on the bed you had a magnificent view.
(sorry about the wrong dates on the pictures I forgot to reset it.)


This is one of the views from our window. Ollantaytambo.


This is the Mountain right across from Ollantaytambo. You got this same view from the same window.



This is what you saw when laying in bed.

And this.

AND THIS. Could not ask for a better view even if we wanted to.

They even brought Llamas in for us tourist. The best part about this place is that there was a stream with a waterfall just outside our window. A very calming sound if you like the sound of nature. Of course when you stepped outside the hotel premises you would be right back in the third world country.

Ollantaytambo

Ollantaytambo was amazing. Inca fortress and village, it was our first stop. This is the view from the street, can't really tell its there.


This is a blind guy at the entrance that was playing for tourist.





This is just an example of how skill full they were at carving rock.

You lose sight of the different levels at this angle.

With each new generation the work became lazy. There is one more style, the original style.

The Original style.



Can you imagine getting those carved stones up on top of this place? They used logs to roll them up.



This is where they placed their idols


This is how they got water through the place.



It was a long way down. Makes you wonder how they built this pathway on the side of a cliff.

A home that was built on the side of the mountain. The roof was redone but it was done the same way as the original.

In side the home looking up at the ceiling.


This is how they grounded wheat. Or crush what ever they wanted. This is inside the home.





This is at the bottom of the ruins.

This is the house we went through. It was literally on the side of the mountain.

Can you find the people at the top?







This is for the bigger Idols.

This is the Mountain across from Ollantaytambo.

This is looking at Ollantaytambo

That Line in the side of the mountain is the Inca trail that leads to Machu Picchu







This is what the material looked like up close.






Looking at Ollantaytambo.



The Sacred Valley Out Side the Hotel

The road way to Ollantaytambo.
A scary ally that I would only go in during the day and with Jared.


The Dog hang out, by invitation only. Don't mess with them they don't like us gringo's. We already had dogs chase our car we were in this morning. They sounded mean.

This is the Road to our hotel.
A form of transportation. Guess how many people they can fit in this. I saw at least ten kids pile out of this thing. They probably could of fit more if they wanted to. LOL

Further down the street.
This is what they make their homes out of. All you do is add water and straw.