Monday, May 23, 2011

Ollantayntambo

On the way to and from Machu Picchu we spent a few days in a town called Ollantayntabmo. It is a very quiant, charmimg little town. It was originally an Incan settlement, and all the original buildings, roads and irrigation systems are still in use today.




The red flag ousides means they have homebrewed corn liquor, called Chicha for sale inside.  Of course we tried some, in case you were wondering!  It's...ummmmm...an acquired taste.

We stopped to take a photo of this roof, covered in corn being dried in the sun.  We were very soon invited inside the yard for a closer look...and even sooner invited by the little girl to pay 'one Sole' for the service.  She has even been trained to ask for the payment in English!

We decided to unleash our inner rednecks and go ripping around the hills on quads!  It was a little easier for one of us to get in touch with this side of their personality...I'll let you guess who's who!

Post-quading I was left with a dirt uni-brow, cow poo on my shoe, and a big damn smile!

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